Ancient forests around the world are in peril‚ but we can still save them. Governments and the timber industry need to understand what a crucial role they play in maintaining global biodiversity‚ not to mention how vital they are in regulating the climate‚ so they need to act now. And as consumers‚ we can all help to save the forests. Making sure that the wood and paper we buy has come from well-managed sources (or‚ even better‚ is 100 per cent recycled) is something we can all easily do. We have
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The data protection principles There are eight data protection principles that are central to the Act. The Company and all its employees must comply with these principles at all times in its information-handling practices. In brief‚ the principles say that personal data must be: 1. Processed fairly and lawfully and must not be processed unless certain conditions are met in relation to personal data and additional conditions are met in relation to sensitive personal data. The conditions are
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Haringey. By December Connelly’s new boyfriend‚ Barker moves in to the home. On 11th December Connelly and her mother are arrested after a GP spots that Peter has a head injury and other bruises. Soon after‚ Peter is placed on the Haringey child protection register for physical abuse and neglect. Peter is cared for by a family friend‚ however on 26th January Peter is returned to his mother‚ even though she is still on police bail. By 9th April Connelly takes him to North Middlesex hospital. Staff
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ict policy Data Protection ICT/DPP/2010/10/01 1. Policy Statement 1.1. Epping Forest District Council is fully committed to compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 which came into force on the 1st March 2000. 1.2. The council will therefore follow procedures that aim to ensure that all employees‚ elected members‚ contractors‚ agents‚ consultants‚ partners or other servants of the council who have access to any personal data held by or on behalf of the
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Environmental Protection Many centuries ago people lived in harmony with nature because industry was not much developed. There was no ecological problem until people built lots of plants and factories which sent wastes into the air‚ water and land where they didn’t disappear but lasted forever in one form or another. Nowadays people live only according to their wants and requirements‚ they ignore the laws of nature. That’s why today the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic. People
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HSC024 PRINCIPLES OF SAFEGUARDING AND PROTECTION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OUTCOME 1 1.1 Define the following types of abuse -Physical abuse - Is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain‚ injury or other physical suffering or bodily harm. -Sexual abuse - A statutory offence that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in unwanted sexual act by force or threat. -Emotional/psychological abuse - Emotional or psychological
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A decade ago‚ India didn’t have a single mall. A year ago‚ there were less than a half-dozen. But within two years‚ more than 250 are expected to be operational. It’s an enormous shift in a nation that for decades proclaimed itself a socialist state. After independence in 1947‚ India celebrated `swadeshi‚’’ or locally produced goods‚ and Mohandas Gandhi dreamed of a nation of small villages earning their living through cotton spinning and farming. So not everyone is happy about the new consumerism
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Lightning Protection Systems Heath Howe English 101 November 5‚ 2011 Lightning Protection Systems Did you know that last year‚ in the United States‚ property loss due to lightning strikes exceeded one billion dollars? The average homeowner’s insurance paid $4‚296 per lightning claim and an average of two hundred fifty thousand insurance claims were filed strictly due to lightning. In January 2003‚ the American Meteorologist Society issued a bulletin endorsing the lightning protection requirements
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Sir Michael Marmot speaks on the topic of health disparities on a global and national scale‚ although he does not mention this I believe it all comes down to one single factor- money. Rich countries have better healthcare‚ better programs thus have longer lives. The same applies for the wealthier population within that specific country they will tend to have better access to care‚ better education‚ overall better living conditions than their less prosperous counterpart. This socio-economic imbalance
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Environment Protection Environmental modification is as old as the history of human development. In the last century‚ development and modification have come much faster then ever before. While it took a few thousand years for man to pass from Paleolithic to Neolithic tools‚ it has taken less than a century to modify conventional weaponry to nuclear devices. Development has been so rapid that nature has not had time
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