for the Forest Ranger 1 Series Andrew M. Cuomo Governor INTRODUCTION The New York State Department of Civil Service has developed this test guide to familiarize you with the Forest Ranger 1 written test. This test guide provides a general description of the subject areas to be tested and an explanation of the different types of questions that will be presented. The examination announcement will list the subject areas that will be included on the test you will be taking. The Forest Ranger 1
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What are Socio-economic issues? Socio economic issues refer to problems that affect the economy and the social lives of citizens. What is Environmental Degradation? Environmental degradation is a process through which the natural environment is compromised in some way‚ reducing biological diversity and the general health of the environment. This process can be entirely natural in origin‚ or it can be accelerated or caused by human activities. Many international organizations recognize environmental
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losses. An example of these disasters are floods‚ air pollution and forest fires. So‚ this essay will highlight the main causes of forest fires. The first main cause of forest fires is because of nature. It can be caused by many factors like lightning .When the Lightning strikes a tree‚ the tree begins to burn with fires which expanded to other trees and unlikely the flames continue non-stop. For instance‚ the numbers of forest fires which destroying million of hectares of valuable trees are increasing
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American Rangelands and Forests Part 1 Rangeland or Forest Location Brief History of Rangeland or Forest What are current land management problems? What are the current federal land management strategies that address these problems? What is one sustainable effort that should be implemented? American Rangeland or Forest: Croatan National Forest Atlantic coast of North Carolina Est. July 29‚ 1936 160‚000 acres Pine Forests‚ Bogs‚ Raised Swamps Public access‚ Maintain natural resources
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are many environmental concerns that take place in this world‚ and bottled water is contributing to a large portion of that. In this report‚ we analyzed facts‚ statistics‚ and general rationale to assist Pepsi-Co’s Aquafina to make the world a healthier place. Over the last decade it is noted that Aquafina suffers from negative imagery from select customers concerned with its practices to the production of bottled water onto the environment. As mentioned‚ the evident environmental problems lie within
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Preventing Forest Fires In the propaganda poster about forest fires the U.S. Department of Agriculture claims that people can prevent most forest fires. The U.S. Department of Agriculture tries to prevent forest fires. They made the ad to influence people to at least become knowledgeable about how to prevent forest fires. The poster attracts the attention of the audience through color‚ images‚ and text. The U.S. Government effectively achieves its rhetorical goals through the use of value and fact
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A case study on the abundance and diversity of insects and other invertebrates on native and introduced trees in Gokarna forest (Ranikunj) Introduction: Forests are considered extremely important habitat as they support a large number of biological diversity‚ ecological function (Hooper et al.‚ 2005) and also provides various ecosystem services. They support life system of many species out of which 32% species population is occupied by the invertebrates alone (USDA‚ 2011). Invertebrates are the
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Environmental Accounting Where We Are Now‚ Where We Are Heading by Joy E. Hecht Interest is growing in modifying national income accounting systems to promote understanding of the links between economy and environment. T he field of environmental accounting has made great strides in the past two decades‚ moving from a rather arcane endeavor to one tested in dozens of countries and well established in a few. But the idea that nations might integrate the economic role of the environment into
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Forest (Conservation) Act‚ 1980 (with amendments made in 1988) I. Forest (Conservation) Act‚ 1980 with Amendments Made in 1988 An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:1. Short title‚ extent and commencement. (1) (2) (3) 2. This Act may be called the Forest (Conservation) Act‚ 1980. It extends to the whole of India except the
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What is the mind-body problem? The mind-body problem has been a problem that has been addressed in metaphysical thought for thousands of years and is the foundation of philosophy of mind. The problem consists of difficulty in explaining the relationship between mental and physical phenomena. The difference in characteristics provides difficulty in coming to an explanation. The mind- referring to consciousness‚ being the mental‚ and the body being made up of physical matter. Consciousness is made
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