...of instructor: Douglas Kennedy Date: November 26, 2012 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 2 NONMARKET ENVIRONMENT.............................................................................................. 2 ISSUES ......................................................................................................................................3 INTERESTS ..............................................................................................................................3 The Agrium Board...............................................................................................................4 Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) ...............................................................4 Northeast Strathcona County Residents Group (NSCRG)................................................. 4 Sturgeon County Residents (SCR)...................................................................................... 5 INSTITUTIONS .......................................................................................................................5 Alberta Environment.......................................................................................................... 5 Alberta Health and Wellness (AH&W).............................................................................. 6 Capital Health Authority (CHA).......................
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...processes are coming along. It has been brought to my attention that we may encounter some resource concerns with this global launch. The fabrics we use domestically cannot be shipped or exported so we need to address this concern. As far as textiles go we will need to look into alternatives for the Italy global expansion. Seen there are various concerns with resources that often come up with global expansion we will need to look into and address them all during this briefing. One of our board members use to run a textile plant in China so we will see if they still have contacts and that very well could solve and address our textile issues but not the others we may face. II. Global Strategy concerns for Resources The global expansion of a business opens untapped opportunities for the organizations growth especially in markets that are emerging and or contain fast-growth. With the opportunities that global expansion brings it also has a particular set of challenges associated with it; changes such as market-entry strategy, supply chain sourcing, building a consumer base, and manufacturing. On top of all of this you need to add financing, taxation, human resources, textiles, technology (where needed), natural resources, managerial resources considerations and so on. It becomes trickier and trickier. So let’s discuss some of the concerns we need to address with global strategy and available resources in Italy (Global Economic Symposium, 2015). i. Textiles When it comes to the textiles...
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...It shapes customers' understanding of why they should work with the organization. It answers the question, “Why are we here?” A vision statement talks about the organization's future. A Vision statement outlines where an organization wants to be. Communicates both the purpose and values of the organization. Sea World Mission: To work with purpose and passion on behalf of wildlife and habitats worldwide, encouraging sustainable solutions through support of species research, animal rescue and rehabilitation and conservation education. Sea World Vision: By serving as an ambassador organization for wildlife and wild places worldwide, we envision a global community rooted in human understanding, appreciation and stewardship of the natural world and its wonders. Sea Worlds Goals and...
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...yourself and your newspaper to expand your view on conservationism. It is well known that resources are becoming scarce; however, the way we live depends on the use of those resources. This is where a thin line is drawn. The goal of conservation is to preserve as much of a natural resource as possible. It is only necessary to take as much is needed while keeping in mind that the environment will be forced to change. The challenge is that with the need for these resources constantly rising, it is necessary to create a sort of substitute for what is required. A conservationist believes that it is important to protect and preserve an environment and its wildlife. However, a conservationist also can look at the reality of a situation and understand that by diminishing the use of land for its natural resources, society becomes crippled. By using the Four Steps of Risk Assessment, I will demonstrate why using nature’s resources in an environmentally friendly way will ultimately allow for the expansion of our culture. Step one of the Four Steps of Risk Assessment is Hazard Identification. This is determining whether a substance can cause adverse health reactions when exposed. Using natural resources creates little to no health effects. Step two is a Dose-response assessment. This evaluates the relationship between the amount of exposure and the severity of the health effects. Conserving natural resources in a low measure creates little to no effect, while high measures could completely...
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...observing on developing or scheming function or organization which can bring zero affect to the situation. This study spotlights on development and disposing computer assets like servers, CPU, monitors, storage devices, and communication system efficiently without give effect to the environment. It can help on avoid international warming that reason of inappropriate function in the natural environment. The main purposes of Green Computing Research project are to perform following tasks efficiently- * Develop a center of information and recognizing the energy capacity resources * Methods of recycling the disposals which can create harm to the environment * Finding out the possibilities with telecommunication and their side effects * Virtualization of resources of servers * Finding out the alternatives to provide the clients better solutions * Making use of open source software * Development of new applications which are dedicated to green computing for internal benefits and judging the future sale that can be earned from the customers. The overall budget of Green Computing Resource project was kept about $8500, 000. The traceability matrix is pictured on next page in this report. Scope Statement The ultimate goal of Green Computing Research Project is to create a report including points of interest financial investigation and implications to aid enhance the nature's turf while expanding incomes and diminishing expenses. Name of the project | Green Computing...
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...the environment. Natural resources are facing a coupling of increased pressure, threatening the health of the public and our development. The global challenge begins with the water shortages, loss of forests, and air and water pollution. Are we blindly destroying our natural resources needed for our future, as we humans exploit nature to meet our present needs? The world’s current supply of energy is provided by natural resources. Natural resources are defined as various nonrenewable and renewable energy sources. A renewable resource consists of naturally occurring resources in nature, like wind (windpower), water (hydropower), or sun (solar). Renewable energy is safer for the environment when compared to nonrenewable resources. Only about 9 percent of electricity in the U.S. is generated from these renewable sources (EPA, 1997). Renewable resources are replaced in nature as they are used, which makes this type of energy highly desirable. Nonrenewable resources are found in fixed amounts, these are natural resources that cannot be replaced. Although nonrenewable resources are also found in nature, they are more harmful to the environment than renewable resources, such as, oil, gas and coal. About 71.5 percent of electricity in the U.S. is generated from these types of nonrenewable sources (EPA, 1997). Nonrenewable resources cannot be replaced once they have been used up, so they are not an ideal source of energy when compared to renewable resources. Conserving energy...
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...in some way, contributed to the environment. For instance, O`Mara was the youngest state cabinet official in the nation at the Delaware Department of Natural Resources. In that position he worked for the government and served as the state’s top environmental official. O`Mara’s job requirements were to lead the states efforts to conserve and restore wildlife and fishery habitats, improve air quality and public health, ensure access to clean water, expand outdoor recreation and environmental education along with numerous beneficial efforts to protect and improve Delaware’s environment (“National Wildlife...
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...of the Environment & Natural Resources The country is widely acknowledged as having an outstanding endowment of natural resources, which could provide essential ecosystem services to the population. Demands arising from development and utilization activities, population expansion, poor environmental protection, and external factors such as climate change, however, have placed the country’s environment and natural resources under grave threat. For the medium-term, an environment that is healthy, ecologically balanced, sustainably productive, climate change resilient, and one that provides for present and future generations of Filipinos is envisioned. This vision will be pursued through an integrated and community-based ecosystems approach to environment and natural resources management, precautionary approach to environment and natural resources, sound environmental impact assessment (EIA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA). These, then, are all anchored on the principles of shared responsibility, good governance, participation, social and environmental justice, intergenerational space and gender equity, with people at the core of conservation, protection and rehabilitation, and developmental initiatives. Assessment State of the Environment and Natural Resources The degraded state of the country’s environment and natural resources is felt most intensely by the poor, especially the rural communities given that they depend on these resources for their primary source of...
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...levels in a bid to protect the environment they have known for ages. Governments, on the other hand, protect these natural settings by formulating laws and policies that ensure the society does not lose its treasures[1]. However, some seek to use the protected spaces as a means of developing projects that will provide the state or nation with more resources, revenues and products. These may be good developmental projects, but they ought to protect the environment first before they can sell such ideas to a conservative society. As in all other nations, Australia has also been engulfed in a fight to save the environment as the government looks at creating developmental projects that will necessary block any advantages that the local community has enjoyed since time immemorial[2]. By seeking to repeal at least 60% of protection that the New South Wales Far North Coast’s forests, wetlands and wildlife habitant, the government is slowly seeking to destroy the local community. Conservatives will agree that the best way of protecting the environment is by setting aside a portion of some indigenous scenery and protect it from encroachment[3]. However, encroachment is still a biting problem and the recent statements by the authorities only heighten the environmental issues at hand. Legal processes and issues have arisen with groups seeking to go to court to block the said expansions by the local authorities. The report herein will look at aspects of the law that will help protect the environment...
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...Ölund Wingqvist Sida's Helpdesk for Environment and Climate Change www.sidaenvironmenthelpdesk.se Contact: Gunilla Ölund Wingqvist E-mail: gunilla.olund-wingqvist@gu.se Table of Contents 2. 1. 3. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 Country environment and climate change context ............................................................. 1 Key poverty-environment linkages .................................................................................... 3 3.1 Who are the poor? ............................................................................................................ 3 3.2 Poverty as lack of natural resources and ecosystem services ........................................... 3 3.3 Poverty as lack of power .............................................................................................. 4 3.4 Poverty as lack of choice .................................................................................................. 5 4. Key environmental challenges and opportunities for development ................................... 6 4.1 Key environmental challenges and opportunities ............................................................ 6 4.2 External and internal factors influencing environmentally sustainable development .... 10 5. The government’s environmental commitments and actions ................................
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...Abstract The diversification of human induced disturbances upon natural ecosystems has contributed to wildlife habitat fragmentation which has been a serious threat to the survival of natural populations. Possible factors contributing to this decline include changes in food, loss of genetic variation, cover availability, evolution of predation, microclimatic effect, and lack of recolonization following extinctions. Habitat loss and fragmentation are processes that separate small populations, which have higher extinction rates that may lead to a reduction in biological diversity. Recent dramatic declines in forest management have brought some undesirable consequences for forest health and wildlife (Jack Ward, T. (n.d). Standing back and letting nature take its course has become increasingly prevalent. Unfortunately, while appealing as this sounds, this is not tenable in the long-term as it will not protect forests, retain biodiversity, and provide some wood products over time. We are increasingly depending on places beyond our borders to provide our wood places with far less resources and knowledge about how to manage forests responsibly. By importing wood products, we export not only environmental consequences but jobs and dollars ( Jack Ward, T. (n.d). Conservation biology needs to reach out to a much broader community of academics and practitioners in fields as diverse as anthropology, history, political geography, and environmental psychology (Bernstein...
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...OF GROWING POPULATION IN MT. MATUTUM PROTECTED LANDSCAPE ROLANDO T. VISAYA & JOCIEL M. TECSON Students ERM - 216 Submitted to: MARIE ANTONETTE S. PAŇA, MSc ERM ERM 216 – DYNAMICS OF POPULATION, RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT University of Southeastern Philippines, Obrero, Davao City ERM 216– DYNAMICS OF POPULATION, RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT ROLANDO T. VISAYA, JOCIEL M. TECSON TERM PAPER I. Executive Summary Increasing population is contributing serious environmental threat on all component of the natural environment particularly on Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (MMPL). Impact of man’s activities on all component of the natural environment on MMPL particularly the effect of increasing population, resource exploitation, and industrial advancement. Matutum is one of the vital ecosystems that significantly fuels the economy of the SOCSKSARGEN (South Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-SaranganiGeneral Santos City) growth corridor of Southeastern Mindanao and of Region XII. Its forest resource provides invaluable benefits from various wood based products for both domestic and export consumption. The plant and animal species found in the forests offer vast potentials as renewable sources of food, fiber, medicine and materials for industrial uses while its natural features provide aesthetics and recreation. It is an important watershed serving as headwater and catchment of several major drainages in the area. It supplies 25 percent of the water requirement of SOCSKSARGEN1...
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...by the Kava government along with its willingness to accept assistance, the willingness of organizations to help with construction as well as meeting conservation concerns, and citizens abilities along with its willingness to assist in construction. CEO Jonathan Reckford, the board of directors, and key staff members will have to be in agreement about continual need to remain in Kava. Another consideration is if there are available resources to do the construction, to run the tools to complete the construction, and to operate on a day-to-day basis. Habitat for Humanity needs to consider also if there are enough translators that speak the indigenous languages of the South Pacific tribes, Asian (Chinese primarily), African, French, and Spanish. Habitat for Humanity needs to make sure that economic interests have a way to be shipped and can be transported out. Another huge factor affecting Habitat for Humanity’s decision would be the safety of everyone involved. The medical and safety risks to staff and the community need to be addressed. The natural disasters risk to the community and staff. The last factor is to attract tourists back to Kava. * Not only has Kava’s government been willing to have assistance from Habitat for Humanity but also they have opened their arms, are hopeful for future endeavors due to Habitat’s willingness to be conservative, and because of Habitat for Humanity’s quick response with the Disaster Response Team. Habitat for Humanity is looking forward...
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...chance to contribute positively to society I could make a difference in people’s lives, emphasis on social and environmental responsibility, and active in promoting equal rights for all. Well Resourced; I like a well-designed and comfortable work place, and I utilize necessary resources to do high standard work. Team Work Culture; enjoy working in a close knit team, have lots of interdependence, friendly and supportive colleagues, and cooperative and sharing atmosphere. After exploring the resource in the Phoenix Career Services I realized there are a lot of resources that believe might actually be very useful like the Interviewing link where you can go and they have help with conducting pre-interview research, preparing for your first interview, how to answer common interview questions. Which I think I will really explore that link, beings interviews seem to be the toughest part about job searching for myself. I think the resources in the Phoenix Career Services are wonderful resources for students to follow their career choices and with the extra help with certain areas of job searching can make it easier to obtain employment in a new career. I know that I will definitely be exploring the resources more and utilizing them as much as I possibly can. The Work Culture Preferences I think are similar to the Personal Competencies Assessment from week two in the way that they both relate to the fact that I am the type of person who strives to help people and maintain...
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...It is crucial for the Philippine government to adopt and implement strict environmental protection policies in the country. Why? The Philippines is a land of rich natural resources. It has fertile lands, diverse flora and fauna, extensive coastlines, and rich mineral deposits. All of which has helped the nation satisfy present material needs, address pervasive poverty, acquire higher incomes, and achieve economic prosperity. However, as the population grows, these natural resources have been overused or degraded as individuals become more concerned with personal interests and development. The government therefore has introduced policies that aim to manage, protect and conserve the country’s environment and natural resources for the enjoyment of present and future generations. Have these policies been effective? To some extent yes, but its full objectives have yet to be realized. A good example would be the imposition of a logging ban on many areas of the country and only allowed “sustainable logging” in select areas. However, illegal logging and small-scale illegal mining continued in many areas. Another example would be the requirement to secure permits prior to conducting mining activities. About 30% of the land area of the country was determined to be geologically prospective, and yet mining permits covered only 1.5% of country’s land area. These prompted therefore the implementation of stringent environmental protection policies in the country. In 2011, for instance...
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