industrialized nation. With this influx of industrialization‚ more land was being converted to be used consumptively. The American population was rising which required the conversion of lands for settlement‚ along with the resources to build settlements. An issue associated with an increasing population is the requirement of additional food sources. In America between 1850 and 1910‚ 190 million acres of forest land was converted into agriculture (MacCleery 2011). The accumulation of these expansions over time
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turned up no evidence of surviving Black Rhinos. The western black Rhino was once widespread across the savannas of central-west Africa but it has decreased due to hunting in the early 20th century. The population rose again in the 1930s due to conservation efforts‚ but was to no avail as these slipped away. The population was in the hundreds by 1980 and decreased to 10 by 2000. This sub-species of Rhino becomes the second declared extinct this year. Last month the Vietnamese Rhino‚ a subspecies
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India’s rich wildlife heritage is facing several threats. Just how serious is the problem? India is renowned as the land of the tiger and the elephant; many of our gods are depicted riding peacocks or tigers. But sadly‚ the equation that existed between people and wildlife centuries ago has vanished‚ and our Protected areas‚ which comprise a mere 4% of India’s landscape‚ are now mere islands amidst a sea of people‚ with tremendous demands and pressures being put on them. The most serious problem
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Water conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of waste water for different purposes such as cleaning‚ manufacturing‚ and agricultural irrigation. Water conservation programs are typically initiated at the local level‚ by either municipal water utilities or regional governments. Common strategies include public outreach campaigns‚ tiered water rates (charging progressively higher prices as water use increases)‚ or restrictions on outdoor water use such as lawn watering
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Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting endangered plant and animal species and their habitats. Among the goals of wildlife conservation are to ensure that nature will be around for future generations to enjoy and to recognize the importance of wildlife andwilderness lands to humans.[1] Many nations have government agencies dedicated to wildlife conservation‚ which help to implement policies designed to protect wildlife. Numerous independent nonprofit organizations also promote various
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As students‚ we are very limited with means to promote habitat conservation in Palawan. Information dissemination is definitely the most available option for us students to promote such a cause. There are‚ however‚ more concrete ways to promote habitat conservation. There are several organizations in the Philippines dedicated towards the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitats. One example is the World Wide Fund for Nature or the WWF. WWF in the Philippines has done numerous projects‚ which
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The Destruction of Biodiversity Why should you care? You should care‚ because there exists a chain to which all life is linked. Humans stand not apart‚ and there is no beginning or end. Extinction is like a trickling stream that grows to threaten riverbanks before drowning the world with oceans. We are foolish and naïve to assume that our creek can be maintained as we constantly introduce new species into foreign ecosystems‚ and destroy biodiversity with the detrimental effects of human integration
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Laboratory V: Conservation of Momentum Problem #1: Perfectly Inelastic Collisions John Greavu April 17‚ 2013 Physics 1301W‚ Professor: Evan Frodermann‚ TA: Mark Pepin Abstract A cart was given an initial velocity toward another stationary cart down a track. The initial velocity of the first cart as well as the masses of both carts was varied throughout multiple trials. Velcro placed on the ends of the carts caused the cars to stick together after colliding. Videos of the collision and the seconds
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Jo Anne Lewis Axia College of University of Phoenix Final Project- Migration and Solution Due Date: August 31‚ 2008 Energy conservation is the elimination or reduction of energy we and waste every. Energy is a very important to our society. We use energy for everything transportation‚ cooking‚ heating and cooling‚ manufacturing‚ lighting‚ and entertainment. Energy is the vital force powering business‚ manufacturing‚ and the transportation of goods and services to serve the
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It can begin simply by turning off a light switch as someone leaves a room or unplugging a device when not in use. From these small acts‚ the beginning seeds of energy conservation can be sown. Energy conservation has become one of the most hotly debated subjects in the world. Old power plants are struggling to keep up‚ sometimes causing power shortages or “brown outs”‚ and new power plants are being built‚ but most of the new plants still use the same technology as their predecessors. Some
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