Founded in 1977 by Professor Wangari Maathai‚ the Green Belt Movement (GBM) has planted over 51 million trees in Kenya. GBM works at the grassroots‚ national‚ and international levels to promote environmental conservation; to build climate resilience and empower communities‚ especially women and girls; to foster democratic space and sustainable livelihoods. Wangari Muta Maathai has become an international figure because of her persistence in the struggle for democracy‚ human rights and environmental
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beaver cuts trees and builds dams and lodges that regulate water flow so it doesn’t flood its and other habitats‚ including human‚ as told by the study of virginia ecology. braver provides a service by keeping water levels low. it maintains the biodiversity functioning because of its importance of a keystone species‚ beavers also spreads plants around which helps them
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by: Angela Nicole Mananghaya 2012 Forests are significant to mankind as well as to other living organisms for they provide beneficial materials and effects that the living need. These include the wood‚ raw materials that are usually converted to usable products such as furniture‚ wooden shelters‚ etc. In addition‚ these forests help prevent floods and soil erosion‚ increase underground water supply and humidity of air‚ provide an abode for the wildlife‚ and check air pollution (“Save Forests
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1. INTRODUCTION Nigeria is committed to a national environmental policy that will ensure sustainable development based on proper management of the environment. This demands positive and realistic planning that balances human needs against the carrying capacity of the environment. This requires that a number of complementary policies‚ strategies and management approaches are put in place which should ensure‚ among others‚ that: * * * environmental concerns are integrated into major
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Ecotourism in the Philippines The Philippine Department of Tourism’s hat has been thrown into ecotourism game for awhile now. They’ve made it part of their plan for economic development. The country’s ecotourism program strives to install processes and procedures that are economically beneficial‚ socially responsible‚ ecologically sustainable and advantageous to the local communities by creating jobs and improving living conditions overall. Palawan is the second biggest province in the country
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The Australian Greens‚ also known as the Greens‚ is an Australian green political party‚ that are formed in 1992. They have 10 senators and 1 member in the lower house‚ 23 representatives in the state territory parliaments and more than 100 local councilors (Australian Greens). The current leader of the Australian Greens is Richard Di Natela‚ and its deputy leaders are Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam. 2.1 Where are they based The Australian Greens are based in Australia with its headquarter at 102
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everything that surrounds them except for themselves. And sustainability of the environmental resources is an important practice for humans to survive on this planet which continues to exist through the ages by three means: 1. Solar energy 2. Biodiversity 3. Nutrient cycling There are three types of resources: I. Renewable resources. Ex: soil‚ air‚ water‚ forests II. Non-renewable resources. EX: Petroleum‚ Coal‚ Natural Gas‚ metallic minerals‚ non metallic minerals III. Perpetual resources
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Introduction: The Trichoptera‚ or caddisflies‚ are an ecologically diverse order of insects. The adults resemble small moths and are terrestrial‚ while their larvae are aquatic and spin silk (Bongard 2004). It is due to their diverse designs in the secretion of silk threads that they are able to expand their ecological niches. The silk threads of the larvae are used to create shelters‚ nets‚ and cases- adopting an evolutionary system to exploit a wide range of resources (Vaughn 1985). There are about
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real engineers of the ecosystem Date:October 23‚ 2014 Source: Investigación y Desarrollo The topic of Earth Science that this article falls under is soil science. The contribution or advantage of having a home garden is the preservation of biodiversity‚ or the diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment. Economics and human health prompted a multidisciplinary group at the South Border College in Mexico to work on a project in Tabasco‚ a south state of the country‚
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TMA 04 Rainforests have been declining rapidly over the last few decades. There are various factors responsible for this decline‚ resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation refers to the destruction of large areas of natural forests resulting in serious irreversible damage. Forests are crucial factors to our existence and because of the time it takes to replace harvested trees‚ they must
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