Abstract From "Sabang ‘till Merauke" is the name of a song dedicated to Indonesia’s many islands and its diversity. It’s numerous chain of islands contained in the thirty-two thousand miles dividing two oceans‚ the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Sabang is a small island just off the coast of Sumatra; Merauke is a small village near the border of Papua New Guinea. Indonesia’s 13‚677 islands inhabited by 350 different ethnic groups‚ and more than 200 different languages. Consequently this part
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names which modern writers give. * The most romantic name of our country. * One of the beautiful land in the Far East. Philippines * Northernmost point: Y’Ami Isle 78 miles from Taiwan * Southernmost tip: Salvage Isle 34 miles from Borneo Philippines * An archipelago of 7‚ 107 islands. 2‚ 773 islands have names. * Total area of 115‚ 707 square miles (299‚ 681 square kilometers) Luzon * Largest island - 40‚ 814 square miles. Mindanao * Second largest island
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rain and very large areas of Siberia have been harvested since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the last two decades‚ Afghanistan has lost over 70 per cent of its forests throughout the country. However‚ it is in the world’s great tropical rainforests where the destruction is most pronounced at the current time and where wholesale felling is having an adverse effect on biodiversity and contributing to the ongoing Holocene mass extinction. About half of the mature tropical forests‚ between 750
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gas burn‚ and rainforests be destroyed. Rainforests are something often associated with conservation. Save the Rainforest! Earth First!‚ a well-known environmental defense [aka: ecosaboteur] group‚ has a history with this particular area. On one particular peaceful attack against Brazil’s deforestation‚ this was written: "There was evidence‚ denied by Earth First!‚ of traditional monkey-wrenching tactics..." (Google Books). And so many things fall down the tubes when the rainforests go. For one‚
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Amazon River and rainforest are located in Brazil‚ a country with more than 800‚000 square miles of coastline‚ and a landmass so large that its borders touch all but two of its neighboring countries (Rich‚ 1999). The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest‚ and for purposes of comparison‚ "its size is equivalent to one-half of the entire United States" (Rich‚ 1999). Although the need to protect this unique and valuable environment might seems obvious‚ the rainforest and its river
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oxygen levels dramatically‚ which would increase the global warming. Deforestation is mostly experienced between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn especially in the Brazilian part of the Amazon‚ which covers 33% of the world’s rainforests. "Save the greenery Enjoy the scenery Don’t cut our green friends Or it will be the end of all trends" PROBLEMS OF DEFORESTION First of all‚ many medicines come from plants. Most of the Amazon’s plants have yet to be discovered and catalogued
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21st Century Problems: Deforestation Senator Bill Brady stated‚ “Every time I have some moment on seashore‚ or in the mountains‚ or sometimes in a quiet forest‚ I think this is why the environment has to be preserved‚” but unfortunately in our vast society‚ the environment is having a hard time finding a place in our competitive resource era. Acres of forest are being mowed down by companies to feed their ever growing corporate empires and without being conscious about the problem that leads
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tropical region‚ which includes temperature‚ precipitation and wind direction‚ are due to a number of factors. The tropical continental climate in Africa‚ north of the equator‚ can be described as transitional‚ as it is between the rainforest margins of the central African rainforest and also the desert margins of the Saharan desert. This results in a continual‚ gradual change to the climate‚ so that as the latitude increases‚ there are recognisable changes to the climate. All areas have a wet season (June
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Philippine islands of Southeast Asia. These areas are covered in tropical rainforests and also allow the tarsier’s home‚ the balete tree to thrive. A large portion of these rainforests have been destroyed due to increased need for farming making the tarsier even more elusive. However‚ the tropical rainforest that remains
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КУДИНОВА АНАСТАСИЯ 512 TEXT INTERPRETATION: "FLOTSAM AND JETSAM" BY W. S. MAUGHAM GIST/PLOT This short story is told in the 3rd person‚ this is the third person narration. The story took place in Borneo‚ in the Malay states. The story begins with the description of the setting in the Grange ’s house. Everything betokened poverty there. The dining-room was dingy. Norman Grange was a rubber-planter and after walking over the estate and checking that everything was done properly‚ he and his wife
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