problem in the Philippines Background According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) the country has now only about seven million hectares of forest land left. The illegal logging has contributed to the rapid deforestation not to mention the continuous release of permits to big logging companies. It is no wonder the country suffers from consistent floods and landslides all year round. According to the recent reports of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
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The Effects of Illegal Logging: Illegal logging and associated illegal trade directly threatens ecosystem and biodiversity in forests throughout Asia and the world. It is having a devastating impact on the world’s forests and negatively the economic and ecological system of optimal forest management. A staggering 80% have already been destroyed or degraded and much of what remains is under threat from illegal logging and destructive illegal logging. Its effects include deforestation‚ the loss of
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Name: Matthew Charles ID number: 56449 Due Date: 17/11/2013 Lab: 5 Topic: Production logging/Well testing Interval Fluid Content % of total production 7000’- 6960’ 100% oil 20% 6960’- 6915’ 80% water‚ 20% oil 50% 6900’- 6880’ 20% water‚ 80% oil 20% 6870’- 6850’ 100% water 10% 1. In order to obtain the above information‚ a series of logs must be run. The fluid content‚ percentage of each fluid at every interval and also the percentage of total production of the well can be
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companies and logging proponents have their own point of view about conservation‚ and in “Opposing Viewpoints: Logging and Deforestation”‚ people in favor of deforestation practices argue‚ Wood is one of the most valuable natural resources. It is used to build homes‚ businesses‚ churches‚ and museums. Men and women who live in rural areas use it to heat their houses during the colder months of the year. Likewise‚ refined wood can be turned into paper. Without a certain amount of logging each year‚ various
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Water Problem and its implications on Mexico City In what was once lake Texcoco now stands the 3rd most populous city in the world. "Ciudad de los Palacios" ("City of Palaces")‚ or as we know it Mexico City‚ is home to more then 20 million (2003) people and serves as the governing capital of Mexico. Like many other metropolis D.F. (as known by the Mexican people) post enormous water sanitation and distribution problems. Ironically enough‚ the waters once known as lake Texcoco‚ in which the city
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of salvage logging‚ while the listening passage describes the harmful effects of it. The reading passage describes that due to the damage that occurs in forests as a result of fires and storms through the northwestern of the United States‚ a technique known as salvage logging is developed. It has beneficial effects on both forests and economy. First‚ fire cause the death of trees that if they are not removed‚ there will be no vacant places for new ones. That’s why by using salvage logging‚ there will
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Sustainable Fresh Water Supply for Chennai city‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India A Status Update Joseph Thomas‚ Chief Technology Officer‚ Villgro‚ Chennai‚ India 3H‚ IIT Madras Research Park‚ Kanagam Road‚ Taramani‚ Chennai‚ Tamil Nadu India 600113. Telephone +91 44 6663 0400‚ email:joseph@villgro.org‚ mobile +91 98840 49116 Key Words: Rain water harvesting‚ Sustainable water supply‚ Urban fresh water. Abstract Chennai city‚ one of the major metropolises of India‚ is situated at the northern coastal edge
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Water pollution New York City has several water quality concerns and issues. Water pollution occurs with adequate treatments fails to remove harmful compounds from the water bodies. They affect inhabitants such as humans‚ and animals negatively by other toxins being combined and spread. The sewage system is a significant component that takes part in the megacity. We often wonder what is a sewage? A sewage is water mixed with human or animal wastes from residence‚ buildings‚ and other places‚ this
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run public water systems efficiently" (Shultz‚ 2005) and so in mid-1990s they made it a condition of the extension to the Major Cities Water and Sewerage Rehabilitation Project to privatize the water utilities in many of the major cities in Bolivia (Bolivia - Major Cities Water and Sewerage Rehabilitation Project‚ 1998). In 1997‚ water utilities were contracted in Cochabamba to the American water company Bechtel. This agreement would significantly impact the Cochalas’ access to water‚ cost of living
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Marites Vitug (1993) narrates in her book‚ entitled The Politics of Logging: Power from the Forest‚ the possible environmental conditions that we can have if the current abusive practices which are being done to our environment and in particular to our forest continue. Moreover‚ Vitug (1993) also stated how the cases of deforestation in the Philippines started. She highlighted the rate of the environmental destruction that happened during the Marcos regime. After that‚ the actions made by the Aquino
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