ECOTOURISM Introduction: Ecotourism is responsible travel to fragile‚ pristine‚ and usually protected areas that strive to be low impact and (often) small scale (as an alternative to mass tourism). Its purpose is to educate the traveller; provide funds for ecological conservation; directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities; and foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s ecotourism has been considered a critical endeavour
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20 14 U IDF DIABETES ATLAS Sixth edition PD AT E every 7 SECONDS 1 in 2 people with diabetes /12 1 healthcare 1 person dies from diabetes DO NOT KNOW they have it people with in 9 IS SPENT ON DIABETES DIABETES In 2014 diabetes expenditure reached US $ 612 billion 4.9 million deaths in 2014 33.1% undiagnosed 27.1% undiagnosed 52 M 39 M people living with diabetes people living with diabetes PREVALENCE PREVALENCE 7.9% 11.4% 52.8% EUROPE (EUR) NORTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
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When considering the ideas of female sexuality as it pertains to tourism in the Caribbean‚ people tend to envision call-girls at upscale parties and prostitutes that sell their bodies to the highest bidder. However‚ when taking a deeper look‚ one can see beyond the surface into the reality of the situation. Taking into consideration the ideas of female sexuality as it pertains to tourism in the Caribbean‚ people tend to envision call-girls at upscale parties and prostitutes that sell their bodies
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Appendix 2: Environmental and Social Impacts of Mining This appendix is meant to provide a brief review of the literature with regard to environmental and social impacts from mining‚ as well as key regulatory issues. Key Environmental and Social Impacts Environmental and social impacts of mining have been well-documented and an ample literature exists on this topic. The following discussion summarizes those environmental and social issues that formed the basis for the Mining and Critical Ecosystems
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION MAY/JUNE 2003 CARIBBEAN STUDIES Copyright © 2003 Caribbean Examinations Council St Michael‚ Barbados All rights reserved 2 CARIBBEAN STUDIES CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION MAY/JUNE 2003 GENERAL COMMENTS This was the sixth year in which Caribbean Studies was examined. There were 2188 candidates this year compared with 1468 in 2002‚ an increase of 49 per
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1) 2) 3) Natural resources and their role in the global economy: the mineral‚ energy‚ land‚ forest‚ water resources Human resources of the world economy and labor migration Scientific and technical resources and information resources 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) By Consumption and resilience: exhaustible non-renewable exhaustible renewable inexhaustible As belonging to the natural environment: Lithosphere resources: minerals land
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Sugar History Details elaborated by the Greek historian Herodotus “the father of history” narrate that great king of Persia Darius commissioned a navel party to explore the River Indus to its mouth. Led by lonian Greek named Skylax the expedition proceeded east and hit the Kabul River and then headed south to Arabian sea‚ the outfall of River Indus. The mission was followed soon and in 510 BC the Emperor Darius of what was then Persia invaded India where he found "the reed which gives “honey without
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W \M.vO Margaret Mead Warfare: An Invention — Not a Biological Necessity (1940) IN 1969‚ TIME MAGAZINE named anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) the "Mother of the World." This title stemmed in part from Mead’s work with young girls in various cultures around the world‚ but it also recognized the moral and intellectual status that she earned during her fifty-year career as the world’s most famous and respected anthropologist. Mead was born in Philadelphia in 1901. She earned a
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Abstract Water is a finite resource which means that the total amount of water in the planet is only limited. Its supply remains the same and yet human population recently grows resulting to a decrease of available amount of freshwater per person. The relatively small amount of available freshwater elaborates on how critical it is for everyone to help preserve and maintain clean‚ healthy lakes and streams‚ our sources of water. Water is mostly now being wasted because it is under-priced. We do not
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Bulimia nervosa anoreksia nervosa A gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble from Indonesia‚ typically from the islands of Java and Bali‚ featuring a variety of instruments such asmetallophones‚ xylophones‚ kendang (drums) and gongs; bamboo flutes‚ bowed and plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included. For most Indonesians‚ gamelan music is an integral part of Indonesian culture.[1] The term refers more to the set of instruments than to the players of those instruments. A gamelan is
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