June 2012 Section A State the aim(s) of your fieldwork investigation. Explain the geographical reasons for carrying out your investigation in the area chosen. There should be reference to the geographical reasons for the carrying out of the investigation in the area selected. This will include an explanation of reasons for the selection of the location. There is likely to be a description of the geographical characteristics of the area selected and reference to the underpinning theory would therefore
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Environmental problems Of all the global environmental problems‚ desertification is‚ perhaps‚ the most threatening for poor rural people. The most accepted definition of desertification states that it is land degradation in arid‚ semiarid‚ and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors‚ including climatic variations and human activities. Drylands cover almost 40 percent of the total land surface of the world and are inhabited by approximately 1 billion humans dispersed over more than 100
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A Biome is a large natural area on Earth where specific types of plants and vegetation grow. (Kalman‚ 1997). It is a large area where the form of life of climatic vegetation is uniform and also reflects the key features of the climate which also maps out the structural form and nature of the habitat for animals. (Odum‚ 1997). The climate‚ soil-types and animal life are all constituents of a Biome. There can be numerous ecosystems in any single Biome. This is due to the fact that there are many different
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Learning to live with LANDSLIDES Natural Hazards and Disasters For Teachers and Educators Ministry of Education and National Institute of Education Education for Social Cohesion‚ Disaster Risk Management and Psycho-social Care Learning to live with LANDSLIDES Natural Hazards and Disasters 2006 Sri Lankan-German Development Cooperation Supported by The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and implemented with assistance of the German Technical
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desertification of the region. They have had little success so far but there is now more awareness of the issue and there is likely to be a breakthrough in the coming years. The restoration of the natural habitat through the reintroduction of native vegetation to cleared land is already having positive affects on the level of biodiversity. Other conservation efforts like maintaining stable populations of native species has also been equally successful. Outlawing poaching of native animals has also changed
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SST PROJECT TOPIC: LANDSLIDE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to express our special thanks of gratitude to our teacher ‚MRS. Rajashri Behera‚ who gave us the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic –LANDSLIDE. It also helped in doing a lot of research and we came to know about various types of new things. We would also like to thank our parents who helped us a lot in this project. There should also be a special thanks to our group members who cooperated in all the activities
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Naturally occurring fires are healthy for forests and plains. The process of a fire starting and destroying the underbrush and trees in a forest is an important cycle in a forest’s life‚ and helps improve the lifespan of the animals and vegetation living there. Many people believe forest fires‚ or any type of fire‚ is dangerous and obviously bad for anything living‚ which is where many people’s belief on forests fires are wrong and inaccurate. When a fire starts in a forest‚ the first part
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NATURAL VEGETATION Natural vegetation refers to a plant community which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time. This is termed as virgin vegetation. Thus‚ cultivated crops and fruits‚ orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation. Virgin vegetation -The virgin vegetation‚ which are purely Indian are known as endemic or indigenous species but those which have come from outside India are termed as exotic plants. Flora- The term
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The following are the principal types of natural vegetation in India: (1) Tropical Evergreen Rain Forests‚ (2) Deciduous or Monsoon Type of Forests‚ (3) Dry Deciduous Forests and Scrubs‚ (4) Semi- Desert and Desert Vegetations‚ (5) Tidal or Mangrove Forests and (6) Mountain Forests. • Tropical evergreen rain forests: These forests grow in areas where rainfall is more than 200 cm. They are mainly found on the slopes of the Western Ghats and the Northeastern regions of Arunachal Pradesh‚ Meghalaya
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The term vegetation means total plant cover‚ roadside vegetation includes the plants that grow near the roadside. Vegetation can be an effective sink for airborne particulates which adheres to surface of leaves (Fowler et al.‚ 1989). In urban areas‚ urban forest ecosystem plays a significant role in the adsorption of airborne particulates‚ thus‚ purifying air and also creating a positive visual and health impact (Wei-Kang et al.‚ 2015). In Urban areas‚ roadside vegetation is fruitful in overcoming
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