Human activities that may affect water ecosystems such as oceans FISHING Reducing the fish communities in rivers and oceans‚ destructive fishing techniques can also cause water pollution and damage to coral and other aquatic life. Destructive fishing techniques involve the use of dynamite or cyanide; trawling in coral-rich ecosystems; bottom trawls that are dragged along the ocean floor‚ also disrupt and damage critical habitats. DUMPING Coastal communities have long used oceans as dumping grounds
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Madagascar: Deterioration of the Innocent Land A Reaction Paper from Madagascar: The Vanishing Planet Renowned as the fourth largest island in the world and serves as the habitat for millions of different flora and fauna species‚ Madagascar really fascinates people with its astonishing biodiversity. But with the present day factors that threaten the innocent land‚ many of the rest of Madagascar’s unique creatures are at risk. Madagascar has been designated as a biodiversity hotspot. Most of its
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located on the eastern side of the island of Madagascar. There are six different national parks that are not connected to one another that make up the “Rainforests of Atsinanana”. These rainforests are said to be possibly the most diverse ecosystems in the world. They consist of 2‚598 species of animals (from 166 families) and 1‚039 plants (from 119 different groups). These national parks also contain more than 1/3 of all mammals found on the island of Madagascar. The biodiversity of this group of forests
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Economic and Social Developments of Madagascar By: Chad Stephens GEOG 2253 Dr. Youngs October 5‚ 2010 Introduction Globalization is defined as the “increasing interconnectedness of people and places.” The general assumption by people who are unfamiliar with globalization and its processes is that when less developed countries‚ such as Madagascar‚ are affected by globalization‚ the country reaps from the benefits of the new ideas‚ policies‚ programs‚ and beliefs. Although many of the previously
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The Red Island‚ The Eighth Continent‚ officially The Republic of Madagascar also known as Madagascar is the fourth largest Island nation. Its size is 226‚657 square miles‚ slightly less than twice the size of Arizona. Madagascar is located just east of the coast of Mozambique South Africa‚ right across the Mozambique Channel. In-between Madagascar and Mozambique is the Comoros Islands. Also known as the eighth continent‚ Madagascar has been given this mainly because of its unique variety of animals
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Genetically Altered Foods It is quite evident that as technology advances m the scientific sense‚ we as Americans are becoming more interested. One of the conflicts that have raised concern here lately is that on genetically altered foods. By no surprise‚ one of the major questions of many is whether or not these foods are safe. As altered foods continue to be produced‚ we will begin to see much controversy. As the growing industry expands‚ soils the research‚ not only nationally‚ but also internationally
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Substance abuse‚ also known as drug abuse‚ refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance (drug) that is not considered dependent. Substance abuse/drug abuse is not limited to mood-altering or psycho-active drugs. Activity is also considered substance abuse when inappropriately used (as in the case of propofol and Michael Jackson’s death‚ or steroids for performance enhancement in sports). Therefore‚ mood-altering and psychoactive substances are not the only drugs of abuse. Substance abuse
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connected to the story was that “cycles may be broken.” The reason that I believe this is because the continuing pattern was that the balloon would always follow the boy around‚ even though many people tried to stop it/him. The balloon would always find a way to be with the boy. But it was broken at the end‚ when the balloon was hit‚ and the cycle ended. Many of the other generalizations would not have worked. “The end of a cycle cause the cycles to begin again; a cycle may appear to have no beginning
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prostitution to mining. Sadly‚ this type of enslavement is most prominent in underdeveloped nations‚ with the most concentrated areas of human trafficking being in Africa. Of these third-world countries‚ the island of Madagascar stands out‚ being an isolated location. While it may appear that human trafficking would be difficult to execute in such a far-off location‚ various statistical studies would suggest the contrary. As this intolerable handling of innocent civilians
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The Madagascar is fourth largest island in the world‚ located approximately 400 km off the southeastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. The rainforests of Madagascar are located in very humid‚ low-elevation‚ and narrow regional strips along the east coast of the island. The Madagascar rainforest is just another ecosystem‚ it actually acts as a home to many endangered species including the silky sifaka‚ sportive lemur‚ and the red-ruffed lemur. Another very important species that is indigenous
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