increasing requirement for fuel and agriculture. There are over 8‚5 million hectares of tropical forest were permanently destroyed each year due to people’s poor awareness in order to construct the building and new urban area. Because of the development of urban area‚ the forest resources are exploited more and more uncontrollably. In Nigeria‚ 81% of the original forest cover was disappeared completely now‚ the tropical forests of Brazil are less by 90-95%‚ the forest areas of Central America has been
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This situation worsened‚ particularly in industrial areas because the manufacturer install chimney that is too low to deliver toxic smoke into the air. Acid rain and other skin diseases certainly attack us. Meanwhile‚ weather conditions in the tropical rain forests was too hot so can cause burns own plants due to increased temperature causing haze occurs. This is because the global warming phenomenon. Therefore‚ it is time to save our earth. Besides the weather‚ deforestation activities that
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Balinese Residential Architecture 2 Balinese Residential Architecture: Balinese architecture has be divided into 6 parts which are the family compound‚ the pavilions‚ the temple courtyard and gates‚ the kul-kul and shrines‚ the palaces and also the water palaces (Wijaya & Granquist‚ 2005‚ p97) . Balinese residential architecture is based on ancient traditional Javanese style combined with Hindu religion and culture. The concept behind this architecture is the openness of space within
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Part 1- Research 1- How is a Hurricane different from a Tropical Storm? Hurricane has a faster wind speed than tropical storm 2-Describe the four dangers associated with a hurricane (High Winds‚ Ocean waves‚ Storm Surge‚ and Flooding) Trees can collapse and crash houses cause by high winds‚ Flooding can destroy houses‚ trees. ocean waves can cause the destruction of houses around the ocean. storm surge will cause more flood‚ and will increase the sea level. 3-How did people prepare for
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Geological Hazards Geological Hazards are naturally occurring or man-made geologic conditions capable of causing injuries or other health impacts‚ loss of property damage‚ loss of livelihoods and services‚ social and economic disruption‚ or environmental damage. It had been divided into many types. The two main types of man-made geological hazards are collapsing of buildings and forest fire which happening recently. Now‚ I’m going to talk about the collapsing of buildings first. The structure of
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Effects of Deforestation The subject of deforestation and the effects that it has on the environment have been heavily debated for a long time; particularly over the last few years. Governments and large lumber companies see large profits in the mass deforestation of forests and state that their actions are having few‚ if any‚ harmful effects on the environment. Most people disagree with this and think that the environmental effects are devastating and will become irreversibly disastrous in the
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not sufficient. About one-third area of the land surface should be under the forests to keep up the ecological balance. We should avoid deforestation and grow more trees to keep up the balance. Our forests can be divided into five types. Evergreen Tropical forests‚ Deciduous Forests‚ Thorny Forests or Desert Forests‚ Coniferous Forests and Mangrove Forests Importance of Forests Forests are very useful in the life of man. They help us in many ways. Forests are the moderators of climate. These have
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Cover photos: Seven themes of sustainable forest management Left‚ top to bottom: Forest biological diversity (M.P. Wilkie); Forest health and vitality (FAO/FO-0506/C. Palmberg Lerche); Productive functions of forest resources (FAO/FO-6960/J. Carle) Centre: Extent of forest resources (M.P. Wilkie) Right‚ top to bottom: Protective functions of forest resources (M.L. Wilkie); Socio-economic functions of forests (FAO/FO-5154/Veracel); Legal‚ policy and institutional framework (FAO/24683_1206/G. Napolitano)
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History of a legend: managing the Makiling Forest Reserve HISTORY OF A LEGEND: MANAGING THE MAKILING FOREST RESERVE Juan M. Pulhin and Maricel A. Tapia Name of forest: Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve Location: Los Baños‚ Laguna Province Area (hectares): 4 224 Managing entity: University of the Philippines‚ Los Baños Mgt. objectives: Training laboratory‚ conservation of biodiversity‚ watershed protection‚ recreation‚ research Country: Philippines A ccording
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reaction paper for the article: TROPICAL CYCLONES ‘LIKELY TO INTENSIFY’ According to the article‚ Tropical cyclones hitting East Asia have grown increasingly fierce in the past 30 years and are likely to intensify further with global warming. Noticeable increases of greenhouse gases over the globe could influence rising sea surface temperature and change large-scale atmospheric circulation in the Western North Pacific‚ which could enhance the intensity of tropical cyclones hitting land over East
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