Towards Sustainable Tourism Development in Zambia: Advancing Tourism Planning and Natural Resource Management in Livingstone (Mosi-Oa-Tunya) Area. Floyd Misheck Mwanza Department of Landscape Studies‚ College of Architecture & Urban Planning‚ Tongji University‚ 1239 Siping Road‚ Post Code 200092‚ Yang Pu‚ Shanghai‚ P.R. China. Tel: +86 1312 0894 802 ; Fax: 0086 (0)21 6598 0600 E-mail: floydmwanza@gmail.com Abstract Over the last few decades‚ development policy has been dominated by mainstream
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The smallest rail in North America‚ the Black Rail is perhaps the most secretive too "Kick-ee-doo" call is heard primarily at night.The black rail may be the most endangered bird species along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America.Today I am going to tell you about an animal called the Black Rail the scientific name is Laterallus jamaicensis. Over the past 10-20 years‚ some reports indicate that populations have declined 75% or greater and have become dangerously low.The bird also lays
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National Parks. Beautiful and grand these parks have been protecting nature for many years‚ but it was not until I watched a video at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo that I realized the work that went into preserving them and who was involved‚ that was when I thought of my topic‚ John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt‚ working together to preserve nature. John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt interested me because of how influential they were in establishing national parks. I asked myself questions such as why
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Poaching Poaching‚ as defined by Webster‚ is the illegal practice of trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission. Today‚ that definition seems slightly vague as the nature of poaching has changed drastically in recent years. Poaching is an ever growing epidemic that plagues every continent of this world. Animals of every type are pursued for a variety of economic reasons despite the ecological consequences associated with disrupting the natural
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The possibility that mammoths‚ passenger pigeons‚ saber-toothed cats‚ and thylacine may roam the very earth our feet stand upon once again is a thrilling‚ yet apprehensive thought. Carl Zimmer proposes this very idea in his essay “Reviving Species” and gives feedback on the topic of de-extinction. According to Zimmer‚ de-extinction is defined as‚ “The notion of bringing vanished species back to life”‚ and he elaborates the pros and cons of actually completing this ordeal (31). Reading the differentiating
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As you’ve probably observed in the news‚ trophy hunting is a worldwide phenomenon. There have been various incidents that have been given enormous attention by people because of the drastic measures to kill animals. For instance‚ Cecil‚ a lion‚ was killed because of the orders of a dentist who payed $50‚000 for its murder‚ which was senseless. Even though hunting animals is unacceptable‚ trophy hunting incorporates displaying the animals to demonstrate the success of a hunt‚ which portrays killing
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Carl Zimmer discusses the idea of bringing back a species from extinction throughout his essay. With examples such as the Pyrenean ibex‚ mammoths‚ passenger pigeons‚ and gastric brooding frogs‚ he discusses how technology and science have advanced to the point that de-extinction is close to being a reality. Zimmer then shifts to the benefits and problems that could arise if we are able to revive an extinct species. As a result‚ Zimmer raises the question that should we bring back an extinct species
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Analy Sanchez English 130p Tom Fox 17 April 2012 Animal Trafficking Animal Trafficking‚ I’m interested in this topic because I have known for a while about animal trafficking in Brazil. Animal trafficking is a really big issue in Brazil because there are a lot of endangers and different varied of species. Animal Trafficking became a major issue and know is one of the issue that many people are trying to help and
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Extinction of Earth’s Wildlife Over the last 40 years the Earth’s wildlife population has drastically declined in numbers. Since 1970‚ the world has lost 52% of its biodiversity. This was announced by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) September 30‚ 2014. Animal populations such as mammals‚ birds‚ reptiles‚ fish‚ and amphibians are about half the size they were 40 years ago. This is a much greater decrease than the scientists originally anticipated. More than 10‚000 animal populations were studied by
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Whether or not to protect wild animals attracts much attention‚ which has never happened before. Some argues that the protection is a waste of money‚ for there is no enough place for people‚ not mention wild animal. As me‚ protecting animals is such a serious problem that we can’t shrug off lightly‚ instead‚ we should solve it as soon as possible. The animals have the equal right of living with human beings. Although Darwin said that “survival is fittest”‚ the real reason why the number of
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