should reduce foreign oil dependency by reducing our consumption and by drilling for oil right here in the U.S. For approximately forty years‚ a debate has been brewing about oil exploration and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is 19‚000‚000 acres of land in northern Alaska‚ a U. S. state."It is the largest protected wilderness in the United States and was created by Congress under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)
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The Wildlife in India is a mix of species of different types of organisms.[1] Apart from a handful of the major farm animals such as cows‚ buffaloes‚ goats‚ poultry and sheep‚ India has an amazingly wide variety of animals native to the country. It is home to tigers‚ lions‚Leopards‚ pythons‚ wolves‚ foxes‚ bears‚ crocodiles‚ rhinoceroses‚ camels‚ wild dogs‚ monkeys‚ snakes‚ antelope species‚ deer species‚ varieties of bison and not to mention the mighty Asian elephant. The region’s rich and diverse
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Wildlife Conservation Wildlife is a vital part of our ecosystem. Wildlife includes all animals and other organisms. Many animals are in the danger of extinction and strongly need to be saved. Animals add to the natural beauty of the earth. Humans’ activities become a big threat to the animals. Hunting and fishing is a sport or recreation for some people. Animals get killed indiscriminately. Some people kill animals for making profits by selling their skins‚ meat etc. Poaching is done in some of
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Wildlife sanctuaries of India India has over 441 animal sanctuaries‚ referred to as Wildlife sanctuaries (IUCN Category IV Protected Area). Among these‚ the 41 Tiger Reserves are governed by Project Tiger‚ and are of special significance in the conservation of the tiger. Some wildlife sanctuaries are specifically named Bird Sanctuary‚ e.g. Keoladeo National Park before attaining National Park status. Many National Parks were initially Wildlife Sanctuaries. Wildlife sanctuaries of national importance
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questioned whether they would ever consider to buy a wildlife animal as a pet. Although owning a wildlife animal would seem out of this world‚ it’s not worth risking the lives of these poor animals who are meant to be out in the wild. Wildlife animals are not as domesticated as dogs. They have wildlife instincts even when they are in captivity; this is very dangerous for us humans who would own one of these exotic animals. By owning a wildlife animal it’s hard to have all of the resources to make
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Wildlife/Vehicle Collisions on the GA Interstate 185‚ Troup County‚ Georgia PADM 6000 - Webster University Instructor Daryl Roberts NOV 28‚ 2009 Table of Contents Content of Proposal _____________________________________ 1 Cover page____________________________________________ 1 Table of Contents_______________________________________ 2 Abstract_______________________________________________ 3 Background____________________________________________ 4 Purpose_______________________________________________
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center traces its beginning as a portion of the 197.8 hectares Quezon Memorial Park which was covered under Proclamation No. 42 dated July 5‚ 1954. With the issuance of Proclamations Nos. 481 and 616 respectively‚ the park’s area was reduce 64.58 hectares. The larger areas were allocated for Philippine Science High School and the National Government Center which was later on subdivided and developed as the areas occupied by the Central
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gold/silver/bronze idols have been taken out of the country‚ the epigraphs are vanishing during construction of additional facilities in old temples and mindless applying of fresh coat of paint during renovation. Some monuments have gone missing due to encroachment‚ granite quarrying and construction of dwelling units near the temples and collapse of fort walls. For the maintenance of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance the ASI has
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Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Introduction The Indian subcontinent boasts of serving as the natural habitat of a large and varied wildlife. The sub-continent with it’s varied geographical spread from the Himalayas in the north to the Cauvery basin in the south and the Kutch region in the west to the plains of Assam in East present a diverse range of environmental conditions for some of the most magnificent as well as the rarest wildlife species of the world in India to exist. The beauty
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Wildlife conservation Introduction Developing India is metamorphosing the environments; especially it is giving an antagonistic emanation for Indian Wildlife. Developing cities‚ villages‚ leads to massacres of trees. This demonstration of trees is leading to the end of wildlife in India. We are slaughtering the impeccable seraphic ventures just for our sake. Species have been relinquishing‚ since this development began. We have reached to a height when much percent of the species have been dematerialized
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