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Consequences of Destroying Wetlands

wetlands (Adler 1). The indiscriminate destruction of wetlands is having a devastating impact upon life and the environment, with...

Importance of Rain Forest/Coral Reef

holds that by destroying ancient old growth forests, such as the one slated for destruction in this case, we are essentially depri...

Climate, Topography, and Pollution: Battle Creek, Michigan

high levels of air pollution from the various industrial activities around Battle Creek, the result is that the precipitation that...

Man, Trophic Level, and Environmental Impacts

of a particular ecosystem. The food chain, of course, starts with plants and those are eaten by herbivores and omnivores. Plants...

Human Development, and Macro, Micro, and Meso Forces

are considered to lie at the macro and meso levels (Elson, 1995). The wrong policies, at either the national or institutional lev...

Monkey Eating Eagle of the Philippines

Noting how the Monkey-eating eagle requires "a contiguous territory in excess of 100 square kilometers of advanced second growth a...

Rhodesia, Brazil and Declining Rainfall and Deforestation

and food for the animals and life, the forest is also a container, that ensures there is a regular flow of water (Butler, 2002). T...

Illinois' Endangered River Otter Species

successful that the State of Illinois discontinued the program because their numbers were successfully increasing on their own. T...

Time Bomb That is the Human Population Explosion

In eight pages this paper describes the human population explosion as a time bomb wreaking havoc upon ecosystems and the environme...

Importance of Preserving Sharks

obvious effect on the shark species it also has an effect on the biodiversity of the oceans as a whole. There is, therefore, a co...

Sustainability Encouragement

customers in 168 countries around the world" (Dow Releases First Triple Bottom Line Report, 1999). At the time, Dow had annual sa...

Overview of Grassland

The decline of certain plant and animal populations that dwell in the grasslands is due to several reasons, not the least of which...

Overview of the Canis Lupus Species

ago. This resentment, and the loss of habitat which seems to characterize so many indigenous species of the Americas, translate t...

Precipitous Damage to the Everglades of Florida

"river", however, and it is man that now threatens its continued existence. We suggest that the student look into how in its orig...

Third World Environmental Impact of Deforestation

In six pages Third World countries are considered in terms of the impact of deforestation and includes a discussion of ancillary i...

Ecological Management and the Role of Fire

In twelve pages management of the ecosystem is discussed in a consideration of fire's role with emphasis upon the fire effects on ...

World Food Shortage Problems and Environmental Issues

type of agricultural system. They dismiss modern agriculture as a form of "industrialization," or demonize it for its "chemicaliza...

An Overview of New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns

The writer provides an overview of Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, and their geography and geology. The writer argues that the caver...

Coral Reefs, Desert Habitats, and Convergent Evolution

In five pages the topic of convergent evolution is examined in terms of its effects upon desert habitats and coral reef ecosystems...

State of the World Annual Report Produced by the Worldwatch Institute

This annual Worldwatch Institute's 'State of the World' report is examined in four pages in which the ecosystems of the earth and ...

Concept of Bionomics

In seven pages the relationship between biology and economics is considered in this overview of bionomics, which generally explain...

The Current Problem of Air Pollution

5 pages and 4 sources. This paper considers the nature of the problem of air pollution and the variety of types. This paper rela...

Adaptation to Desert Life

that its water source is locked within the ice structures. Therefore, there are two distinctly separate entities of life forms th...

A 'Down Under' Overview of Australia

in community property, that they and their ancestors own the land collectively and share its fruits in perpetuity" (pp. 11). Howe...

The Phenomenon of Urban Heat Islands in Brazil

much more land is converted into houses, buildings, parking lots and roads - the very things that transform an otherwise natural v...

Structural Evolution

and electrical to the high tech industries of the 1990s, the industry was changing and as one form of job was lost other took ove...

The Paraguyan War (The War of the Triple Alliance)

Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...

Deforestation and Water Pollution in Brazil and the Colombian Amazon

failure and "three strikes laws" that jail users are drawing substantial criticism. It seems that the best strategy might be local...

Issues In Religion And Social Inequality

who pray to her (Burdick, 2001). Most are women but they are from all races, not just Black (Burdick, 2001). Women look to Anastac...

Expanding Yum! Brands' Presence in Latin America

paper recommends that it expand within Mexico as it also expands into Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Question 1: Strategic Analysis...