into action. Chico Mendes was an astonishing environmentalist who strived for the preservation and maintenance of the Amazon Rainforest‚ in Brazil. His perseverance‚ determination‚ and dedication towards his mission impacted an entire country and its government. Throughout his life‚ Mendes achieved incredible accomplishments in the efforts of preserving the Amazon Rainforest‚ the place he called home. Chico Mendes was born on December 15‚ 1944 in Porto Rico‚ a small Brazilian village in the Amazon
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diverse ecosystems and unique wildlife are threatened by the encroachment of the rapidly growing human population. Initial human settlement of Madagascar occurred between 350 BCE and 550 CE by Austronesian peoples arriving on outrigger canoes from Borneo. These were joined around 1000 CE by Bantu migrants crossing the Mozambique Channel. Other groups continued to settle on Madagascar over time‚ each one making lasting contributions to Malagasy cultural life. The Malagasy ethnic group is often divided
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Jacob Mamiye 12/6/2014 Anthropology Professor Mwaria Social Organization‚ Characteristics and Behaviors of the Great Apes 1 Compare and contrast the social organization of the great apes (chimps‚ bonobos‚ and gorilla’s orangutans) and savannah baboons. What accounts for these differences? The social organization of baboons is one of the most intensely studied of the primates. There is only one defined level of social organization in savanna baboons‚ the stable group of several
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Luna also to Valentin Ventura. Rizal’s unfinished novels are Makamisa‚ Makamisa has two chapters‚ Dapitan was written when rizal was exile in dapitan‚ Pili Laguna about life in Pili and Cristobal about student in Europe. Borneo Colonization Project‚ Rizal wants to call North Borneo as the New Calamba and he establish La Liga Filipina. La Liga Filipina was founded in Doroteo Onjuco’s Unus Instar Omnium (One Like All) motto. The objectives of La liga Filipina are to write archipelago into one
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Clown loach fish are only found in Indonesia (specifically on Borneo and Sumatra). They live in murky backwater rivers where the water may be moving swiftly or standing still. The waters are densely vegetated and there is plenty of food for the feisty bottom-feeding clown loaches. They are on omnivorous and often enjoy eating crustaceans in the area or nibble on plants in the water. Borneo and Sumatra both straddle the equator so the temperature is quite high for most of the year. The temperature
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also advocate for the preservation of the Amazon Rainforest as a whole as well‚ and I firmly believe that If the Amazon Basin is not protected‚ then the whole world would be affected negatively. The Amazon Watch is a non for profit organization and has only been around for 20 years. The Amazon Watch’s main functions are‚ partnering with environmental and indigenous organizations‚ preservation of the ecological systems in the Amazon Rainforest‚ and holding corporate entities accountable for the
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world‚ and the most spatacular place that caught my attention was the tropical rain forest.Tropical rainforests cover about 6% of the Earth’s total land surface. They are mainly located around the belt at the equator. The climate of the rainforest is warm most of the year and has a lot of rain through most of the year. The climate is perfect for animals and plant growth. Even though the rainforests cover such a little amount of land mass of the Earth‚ they are home to the largest number of plant and
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Deforestation The “Slashing and burning” of rainforests has to stop. The deforestation of our rainforests is effecting our environment and us more than you may think. We get the oxygen we need from trees‚ forests protect us from Carbon Dioxide‚ and forests protect most of Earth’s plants and animals. We need trees to breathe and rainforests to protect us from harsh things that we emit from our bodies. Many rainforests help and protect us. “More than 20% of the world’s oxygen comes from the Amazon”
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Tundra and Tropical Rainforest are two contrasting biomes‚ different in many ways. First of all‚ location. Tundra is located in the coldest parts of the world‚ like the most northern parts of America (i.e. Alaska) and Greenland. Alpine tundra can be found in places of high altitude‚ like the top of a mountain or similar. Tundra covers about 20% of the world’s surface‚ yet only 4 million people live there. That is 0.006% of the world’s population. Rainforest
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JAPANESE COLONISATION The Japanase invasion of Malaya and British Borneo in late 1941‚which culminated in the humiliating British surrender in Singapore two and a half month later shattered Western colonial supremacy and unleashed in the forces of incipent nationalism. INTRODUCTION Japan has a government that is guided by the rules and principles of a constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Government. The government of Japan has the features and characteristic that a parliamentary Goverment
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