Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement Grantham University Written by: Christopher Jay Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement has made tremendous changes for Kenya and surrounding areas. Her historical movement has developed and recreated a new life to the people as they stepped forward with such motivation and determination as challenges and poverty stood in her way. She was was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize‚ gained much love and respect from the people as she set forth to put an end to environmental
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In this article we have discuss on how we have influenced our natural environment. Our natural environment has being eg; Polluted with the mount of rubbish we have dumped in our ocean which cause water pollution. Deforestation has being a worst nightmare for the animals that live in that habitat. Recycling‚ is a good thing to help save the earth‚ from reducing; paper‚ bottles‚cardboard etc‚ without damaging it from polluting and cutting down trees. Pollution has been a very big concern in our
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| Mt Keira has an open forest at the top of the mountain‚ and a rainforest on the bottom. So what is the difference? First of all‚ a rainforest always has more water. On Mt Keira‚ the rainfall hits the top of the mountain and most of it drains down the slope to the rainforest. As a result of this‚ the soil in the open forest is soft‚ slightly damp and thick. However‚ the soil in the rainforest is clay-like‚ crumbly and damp. Due to the lack of water in open forests‚ there is less vegetation
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Introduction In every model of economics there must be the good and bad outcomes because there are no perfect models in the economic system. In this case we will talk about the Multi centric organizational model. Multi-centric organizational model is a model that developed by David Ricardo (1772-1823)‚ in this model he focused more on distribution‚ whereas Adam Smith more focused on the production side on the market model. In this model there are premises like in the market model also‚ the premises
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population against a limited land base ➢ Indiscriminate logging literally changes the forest landscape. Although there has been a decline in logging activities– due to the combined effects of a ban on logging old growth forests– illegal logging activities persist. The damage to the country’s forest areas and the biodiversity therein is exemplified by a 2.1% (100‚000 ha) annual loss in forest cover during the period 2000-2005‚ which is considered the second fastest in Southeast Asia (next
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decreasing because they are greatly dependent upon these very forests to provide them with food and nesting sites. For the last 100 years‚ over half the world’s tropical forests have been destroyed. And it is estimated that worldwide‚ 26 hectares of forest are lost every minute - that’s an area equivalent to 37 football pitches. Macaw Parrots nest high up in dead trees into which they gnaw a nesting hole. With the removal of trees from the forests‚ the competition for nesting sites becomes very great‚
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America‚ between 36 and 47° S latitude. This forest occurs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome (Perry et al. 2008). The broadleaf evergreen flowering trees that dominate the Valdivian are believed to have evolved in “near complete isolation” from the temperate rainforests of the Northern Hemisphere (DellaSala 2011). Though theses broadleaf species dominate the forest composition‚ conifers‚ a dominant species in Northern temperate forests‚ are still found throughout the Valdivian (DellaSala
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similar and the same due to the higher Simpson Indices on Equitability and Diversity while it is a different case for the forest. First‚ we need to identify the forest study site as a secondary or primary growth type. From the tables of species richness and number of species seen in an area‚ we can deduce that the forest study site is a secondary growth forest. Secondary growth forests are products of secondary succession. Secondary succession‚ as described in Campbell (1996)‚ is the type of succession
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and water pumps (Malhi & Wright‚ 2004)‚ suggesting that rainforests have an influence on climate. Rainforests absorb heat‚ and due to cooler air above the rainforests‚ rain develops‚ causing humidity and constant wet weather conditions in the forests. The forests evaporate large quantities of water‚ forming rain clouds which are transported to other parts of the world‚ causing rainfall. Deforestation directly affects this process and causes dryness in the rainforests‚ changing the rainfall pattern in
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changed) was the leader of the ritual. Everyone was wearing dark blue (almost black) robes. This‚ I was told‚ is because we were celebrating the surrender of the Earth to the darkness of winter. This ritual was to celebrate the balance of nature‚ how the light of spring and summer were balanced by the darkness of winter and fall‚ how we balance our commitments to our families and work‚ as well as how Earth doesn’t resist the changing of seasons. Rather‚ change is welcomed‚ because the change that comes
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