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    1.Introduction: Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting wild plant and animal species and their habitats. Among the goals of wildlife conservation are to ensure that nature will be around for future generations to enjoy and to recognize the importance of wildlife and wilderness lands to humans. Many nations have government agencies dedicated to wildlife conservation‚ which help to implement policies designed to protect wildlife. Numerous independent non-profit organizations also promote

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    A Room with a Viewpoint: Using Social Norms to Motivate Environmental Conservation In Hotels Research Evaluation By John E. Robinson 27 November 2009 A Room with a Viewpoint: Using Social Norms to Motivate Environmental Conservation In Hotels The authors of this article identified the efforts towards building the research conducted while attempting to theorize a study involving environmental conservation among hotel patrons and the reuse of towels. The purpose of this essay is to

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    Composition II May 15‚ 2013 Zoos should be Banned. Approximately 175 million people visit a zoo each year. That’s half of America’s population. Zoos are a huge tourist attraction because they allow families to spend a day out in the sun‚ looking at animals‚ and eating overpriced junk food. But what most people don’t know is that zoos are far more sinister than selling $5.00 bottles of water. Statistics show that in all zoos fifteen percent of animals die every year in captivity. Zoos are an unsuitable environment

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    An Environmental Conservationist‚ which is also known as a conservation scientist‚ is an excellent job for anyone who loves nature and wants to preserve all of earth ’s natural wonders. As a conservationist you need to‚ "Find your own ways to make less trash‚ and help others to learn how to reduce‚ reuse‚ and recycle." (EPA). The job is a hands-on job which means "spending a major portion of the workday outdoors without regard to weather." (Easton 35) Though this doesn ’t seem like a scientific job

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    Jaklin Masoudi CADV 350 Prof David Wakefield Case Study Assignment I went to the LA Zoo with my nieces Jasmine and Jessica last week. They are 6 and 4 years old and it was a very interesting trip for them and we saw many children who came and visited the zoo. We saw different animals in the zoo and I explained for them: This is an elephant. They are very big animals and have a long memory‚ and a very long nose called a trunk. They make trumpet sound Or This is the lion. It is the king of

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    Ex Situ Conservation

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    Ex-situ conservation Ex-situ conservation means literally‚ "off-site conservation ". It is the process of protecting an endangered species of plant or animal by removing part of the population from a threatened habitat and placing it in a new location‚ which may be a wild area or within the care of humans. While ex-situ conservation comprises some of the oldest and best known conservation methods‚ it also involves newer‚ sometimes controversial laboratory methods. Colony relocation Normally

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    Water Conservation Water conservation is important because we depend on it. So many of our daily activities‚ like bathing or flushing the toilet‚ require fresh water. Our body even needs water to function correctly. Seventy-one percent of the Earth’s surface is made up of water. Ninety-eight percent of it all is salt water‚ leaving only two percent as fresh water. More than half of the fresh water is permanently frozen in glaciers or is in the form of snow. That leaves just a tiny

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    closely resembles their homes and they were fed and cared for properly cared for‚ would that be a fair proposition? That is the basic idea of zoos. The zoo is a facility where animals‚ with descending population numbers‚ are cared for‚ rehabilitated‚ and usually released back into the wild. Wild animals that are taken care of properly‚ in places such as these zoos‚ are better off in an enclosure rather than in their wild habitat‚ for the reasons that the captive facility is always dependable‚ the animals

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    due to human activities and the reason for conservation of biodiversity will be discussed in details with respect to its aesthetic value‚ medicinal importance and its ecological value. The concept of biodiversity is important in building awareness‚ knowledge‚ information‚ ethics‚ and other complex mixture of agriculture‚ protected areas‚ etc. Figure 1 shows how these fit into the society together to achieve a common objective which is the conservation of biodiversity‚ sustainable use of biological

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    It can begin simply by turning off a light switch as someone leaves a room or unplugging a device when not in use. From these small acts‚ the beginning seeds of energy conservation can be sown. Energy conservation has become one of the most hotly debated subjects in the world. Old power plants are struggling to keep up‚ sometimes causing power shortages or “brown outs”‚ and new power plants are being built‚ but most of the new plants still use the same technology as their predecessors. Some

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