to the library to get some print offs and research some more information. 1) I sort that the evidence I found answered all of the focussing questions. I sort that the source about the sinking of the rainbow warrior on page 6 that I found on the greenpeace website answered the question “How did New Zealand become threatened by nuclear power?”. By showing that the French secret agents blew up a boat in Auckland therefore being a threat to New Zealand. “how did the protests go on‚ what did they
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Fisherman fishing whales‚ sell of whale meat and oil to make money. With the development of modern fishing technology‚ industrial fishing gradually replaces a large number of private fishing activities‚ which made whaling easier and more efficient. Greenpeace International’s data showed “Commercial whaling during the last century decimated most of the world’s whale populations. Estimates suggest that between 1925‚ when the first whaling factory ship was introduced‚ and 1975‚ more than 1.5 million whales
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the French government having to pay $13 million compensation and their two agents being arrested. New Zealand did not feel that she received support from other Western countries and eventually New Zealand adapted a nuclear-free policy as well as Greenpeace also gaining a significant increase in its membership base. On the days leading up to the event‚ the two French secret service agents‚ Marfart and Preiur had entered New Zealand using bogus passports. After receiving further details about the
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The Causes and Effects of Whaling 1 The Causes and Effects of Whaling Whale is the current name for diverse marine mammals of the order Cetacea‚ having the general shape of a fish with forelimbs modified as fins‚ a tail with level flukes‚ and one or two blowholes on top of the head. (“Whale”‚ 2010). Whaling dates back to prehistoric times‚ but it became an important industry in the nineteenth century. Whales have been hunted for meat or made into lighting oil. Until the international injunction
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The social gospel movement was a reform movement that was emerged among Protestant Christians to improve the economic‚ moral and social conditions of the urban working class. One prominent leader of the social gospel movement was a New York City pastor and theologian called Walter Rauschenbusch. Protestant leaders followed Rauschenbusch’s idea that social problems were actually just moral problems on a large scale‚ and they were convinced that many social issues could be cured by what they called
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The twentieth century saw an upsurge in a new form of protest movement‚ the anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist social movement‚ which is a branch out of what was known as the New Social Movement. The new social movements were a plethora of informal groups‚ organisations and campaigns that surfaced in the 1960s. These included movements that campaigned for racial equality‚ sexual equality‚ gay rights‚ environmental concerns‚ peace groups‚ prisoners rights‚ human rights‚ among others. Because of
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English Exposition Whale hunting must be stopped! Imagine your swimming in the ocean‚ minding your own business. Then‚ suddenly‚ something sharp hits you. It enters your body and explodes. The pain is killing but it does not kill you‚ not yet. Again a sharp object hits you and explodes. Again and again you are hit. Your enormous body‚ however‚ does not give up that easily. It will take more than a half an hour to get unconscious. Maybe‚ if you are lucky‚ you will drown. Perhaps you will be dragged
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INTRODUCTION The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ’embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them. The movement practiced Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance‚ to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the GarhwalHimalayas of Uttarakhand‚ then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness of rapid deforestation. It was the strong uprising against those people
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Reform Movements During the 19th Century there were many reform movements that took place. Reform movements were movements that were organized to reform or change the certain way of things. Reform movements did not always work but the ones that did greatly changed the way our nation operates today. There were three major reform movements that have altered the nation; the abolitionist movement‚ the temperance movement and the women ’s suffrage movement. Without these movements‚ and the great leaders
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caused great resentment amongst the Muslims & so KHilafat movement was founded to save the Caliph. It is also a fact that Khilafat movement was also formed because of deep seated Muslim distrust of British. Afghanistan & persia were ruled by Russia & British according to their will. The MUSlims in the subcontinent feared that the bristish would take over Turkey & thus would rule other Muslim states such as Makkah & Madinah. So this movement was formed as a result. Gandhi along with Congress wanted
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