THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING No region of the world has been untouched by trafficking. The paper concludes with a summary of regional patterns of human trafficking‚ including main origin and destination countries/regions. Surprisingly‚ there is little correlation between the development status of a country and its status as a country from which people are mostly trafficked. Central and Eastern European countries feature prominently‚ and it would appear that the transition from a closed economy
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IMPACT OF URBANISATION ON BIODIVERSITY Case Studies From India WWF-India sees its role in urban work as an attempt to reduce the impact of cities on biodiversity and ecological footprint‚ both of which have implications for the overall conservation goals of the organisation. Further‚ given the experience and expertise in dealing with footprint issues‚ WWF feels there is a greater need to engage with planners‚ developers and policy makers involved in dealing with urban issues. Author Kiran Rajashekariah/WWF-India
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it is an integral part of our daily existence. It has brought efficiency in the life for every common man with the potential to create things unimaginable before their inception. It has brought distant places closer‚ simplified our work and saved human effort to an incredible degree. Computers have made the world a smaller‚ simpler‚ and better place‚ while transforming the way our society interacts‚ evolves and lives. But not everyone thinks so. There is actually a belief that computers are
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The effects of human trafficking (physical {sleep deprivation‚ poor diet‚ diseases} and psychological {stress‚ fear‚ depression‚ suicide}) Quotes: • “Under normal conditions‚ workers in industries are given masks and clothing to protect them. They are also given lunch breaks and shorter hours of work. But people who are enslaved are given no protection. And often‚ when their day is done‚ they have no soft bed to sleep in. They have no bathrooms in which to take showers. They also have little food
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Human intervention are both advantageous and disadvantageous to the biodiversity of the Felidae family. The way human intervention affects each of the following species of the family are explained below. CHEETAHS Cheetahs are endangered and even extinct in many areas today largely due to human intervention. Human beings have taken over much of the cats’ habitat and killed off the prey that the cheetahs hunt for food. People have also killed many cheetahs directly. By the early 1970’s‚ the fur trade
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HUMAN RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 0 *CROSS-REFERENCE: civil society-transnational‚ ethics‚ genocide‚ governance-global‚ human rights-comparative‚ indigenous peoples’ rights‚ international regimes‚ international law‚ intervention-humanitarian‚ normative theory‚ rights‚ rule of law‚ sovereignty 0 Human rights is the soul of politics. The essence of human rights is the idea that all persons possess equal moral worth‚ that social order exists to preserve the essential humanity of its members
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Grace Hennessy Science 1 Biodiversity Project The values that biodiversity offer are more kinds and types of food for us and animals‚ sufficient amounts of it‚ more jobs depending on the surroundings‚ enables more research(which can cause health benefits)‚ inspiration for art and music‚ and so much more. Some factors that affect biodiversity of species are what are around the biomes‚ the unnatural species living there‚ extreme climate changes (in general)‚ pollution‚ unusual weather changes(drought
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Intrinsic value is the value that an entity has in itself‚ for what it is‚ or as an end Intrinsic Values of Biodiversity * All life has inherent worth – Every species has a value and role in nature. It has a right to exist‚ whether or not it is known to be useful to humans. All life is sacred and must be protected. Humans are no more important than other species. They all have a good of their own and both deserve to be valued.Thus everything has an equal right to exist simply because it already
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CRITIQUE OF THE ‘BIODIVERSITY ACT’ NAME: SUBHALAGNA CHOUDHURY EDUCATION: DEPARTMENT OF LAW‚ CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY CONTACT NUMBER: 9874916277 “BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT‚2002” was passed by the Lok Sabha on 2nd December‚ 2002 and by the Rajya Sabha on 11th December‚2002. It primarily focuses on regulating the access to biological resources of the country‚ the sustainable conservation of biodiversity‚ to create national
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INTRODUCTION Biodiversity presents occurrence of variety of species and their natural community in which they live. By the definition it is “The degree of variation of life forms within a given species‚ ecosystem‚ biome‚ or an entire planet. It is a measure of the health of ecosystems and is in part a function of climate.” (Rutherford) Ecosystem is on the other hand‚ “ community and its abiotic environment”( Rutherford). Biodiversity exists in every ecosystem‚ weather it is big one‚ or just ecosystem
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