...Throughout the primate world, there is one species in particular that occupies a large space in the hearts of many. The beloved orangutan has been the star of the show in many forms of media including television and film, which helps to explain why they are so loved and appreciated. Despite this admiration for the orangutan, they are facing an impending crisis that could potentially eliminate all traces of their species- for good. Orangutans, according to Meijaard, Wich, Ancrenaz & Marshall (2012) are, “among the most iconic species in wildlife conservation.” (p. 29) This is due to the aforementioned factors and the exposure in which this species receives, which, in some ways, is much more than a plethora of other primate species. As well, the conservation efforts surrounding orangutans have become widely recognized due to the urgency of this impending crisis. The important question that accompanies all of this chaos surrounding orangutans in this present time still remains- why is this even important? And ultimately, why is this important for anthropology? Despite the darkness that surrounds the potential loss of another species due to humankind, there are many reasons as to why the conservation of orangutans is incredibly important. The first reason as to why...
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...Brendan Kacani When you think of orangutans you think of these large apes living in trees with their red hair and puffed up faces within the tropical rainforests, if so then you are correct, but there is more to them than just these animalistic features. They are in fact one of the closest if not the closest animal in relation to human beings. You may not think it but we are sometimes more “apelike” then the actual apes. Orangutans exhibit the freedom to choose what they wish to do, although it has it’s limitations as does our free will that we learned to be a part of in today’s day and age. They exhibit a sense of free will in that they learn a set of standards amongst themselves, that which sets aside what is acceptable and what is not. Were...
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...The Bornean orangutan, scientifically defined as pongo pygmaeus, is one of two types of orangutan. The Bornean orangutan is geographically confined to the Asian island of Borneo, which itself is split among three nations. The jungles these primates call home are characterized by swamplands as well as mountainous terrains (Lang, 2005). These regions of world receive hefty amounts of rainfall throughout the year, coupled with average temperatures ranging from 65 to 100° F, so these apes have to adapt to the humid climate. Orangutans are known to “resemble” humans in some ways. For example, the male orangutan can grown up to 5 ft. and the females up to 3.5 ft. Also, the male variety average about from 155-200 lbs. Similarly, females average from...
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...About two decades ago, orangutans were classified as only one species: Pongo pygmaeus or the Bornean orangutans. Now, the animals are classified as two difference species under the Pongo genus. They are P. pygamaeus and P. abelii, otherwise known as Sumatran orangutans, which once considered the species’ subfamily (Ahrens). The reason for this change was due to the phenotypic differences between the Bornean and Sumatran orangutans. Differences include Sumatran orangutans having longer hair and faces, being thinner than Bornean orangutans, and having paler, red coats (Lang). Meanwhile, Bornean orangutans have darker, brown hair. They are also known to be less social, but have more robust bodies than P. albelii. The two species are also geographically...
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...discuss the ethology and ethics issues between human beings and apes. Cavalieri and Singer argue that we now have “sufficient information about the capacities of chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans to make it clear that the moral boundary we draw between us and them is indefensible.” The novel became instantly popular and eventually led to the creation of the self-titled Great Ape Project. The Great Ape Project was founded in 1994 and put into action six years later in Sorobaca City. The Great Ape Project is an international movement that “aims to defend the rights of the non-human great primates-chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.” According to the project, the three main rights his project wants to ensure for apes include, the right to life, the protection of individual liberty, and the prohibition of torture. The Great Ape Project argues that apes deserve the right to live a higher standard of life. Studies have proven that chimpanzee’s are the closest relatives of human beings. Chimpanzees share 98.4% of the same DNA that human’s have. DNA tests also say that gorilla’s share 97.7% of the same DNA that humans have. The Great Ape Project wants to bridge the gap between human beings along with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans in order to provide equality in our society. The Great Ape Project has distinguished three different subjects of criteria that they have presented to the community for equality. The first...
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...discovered that apes and orangutans face midlife problems just as certainly as humans beings do. Those discoveries, which were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, might upset tightly held faiths regarding the origins of human pleasure and the forces that cause impact on its peculiar route across the span of life (Jaques, 2002). If relatives of animals share human proclivity for grief, removal and irritation at the midpoint of life, most probably the midlife problem is in fact lead by biological reasons — not the exhausting liabilities of works and family and the genesis identity of our humanity (Franklin, 1999). The experience of chimpanzees dip in pleasure in their mid-age, much in the manner human beings do, recommending a biological interpretation for the midlife problem. Across several traditions, human beings inform a plunge in pleasure throughout their late-40s, a period when they usually sense less contented with their lives in comparison to their older and younger years. Chimpanzees also go through a type of midlife problem, discovered a new study. The astonishing outcome recommends that the blues of middle-age might be an outcome of biology, not tradition, and its evolutionary origins run profound (Ayers, 2008). The main reason for dividing the main body of this research paper as per the format given below is to investigate the various research papers which discus the midlife crisis between apes and humans. The paper will highlight numerous...
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...Introduction Paper has become a major product which is used widely in the modern society. Not only used obviouslyby the publishing industry, paper is also involved in specific product manufacturing like tissue, cardboard, etc. Pulp wood plays a significant role as a fundamental raw material. Back in the last decade, Indonesia as the largest pulp and paper producer in South-East Asia ran this industry based on its 141.4 million hectares tropical rainforest covering. However, serious deforestation has occurred due to the over-development of the paper and pulp industry. More and more rare species of animals and plants are becoming extinct, not to mention global warming, water loss and soil erosion. This report will discuss the said deforestation and its effects on Indonesian environment and its community, and also focus on analyzing the role of various sectors, namely thepaper and pulp product buyers, environmental non-government organizations and the Indonesian government,within the paper and pulp industry. Asia Paper & Pulp Group(APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) are used as examples of the paper and pulp manufacturers. The report will be concluded by providing recommendations regarding the issue. Indonesia overview Indonesia maintains the highest rate of illegal logging among other countries, up to 60% of timber production. Corruption has been a prevalent issue in Indonesia, and was even worse after the end of the Suharto government...
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...Ceboidea (New World monkeys) | Cebidae | Cebinae (e.g., capuchins, squirrel monkeys) | | | | | Aotinae (e.g., owl monkeys) | | | | | Atelinae (e.g., spider monkeys) | | | | | Alouattinae (e.g., howler monkeys) | | | | | Pithecinae (e.g., saki, uakari) | | | | | Callimiconinae (e.g., callimico) | | | | Callitrichidae (e.g., tamarins, marmosets) | | | Catarrhini | Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys) | Cercopithecidae | Cercopithecinae (e.g., macaques, guenons, vervets) | | | | | Colobinae (e.g., colobus, langurs) | | | Hominoidea (apes and humans) | Hylobatidae | Hylobatinae (e.g., gibbons and siamangs) | | | | Pongidae | Ponginae (great apes; e.g., gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan) | | | | Hominidae | Homininae (humans | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22237906 http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/anthro/programs/csho/Content/Facultycvandinfo/Harrison/2002%20Harrison%20Primates.pdf...
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...Title: On top of the environment Author(s): Aon Hewitt Source: Maclean's. 125.17 (May 7, 2012): p44. Document Type: Article Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2012 Rogers Publishing Ltd. http://www2.macleans.ca/ Full Text: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE GREEN 30 is based on how employees perceive their employer's environmental efforts. We asked each organization that made the 2012 list, compiled by Aon Hewitt, to highlight some of the key programs and practices that earned them high marks. Here are their contributions: Accor/Novotel Canada Hotel management, Toronto * A detailed tracking system minimizes electricity, water, gas and sewer use. * A comprehensive recycling program has cut back the use of newspaper, glass, aluminum, plastics, cardboard and kitchen grease. BC Biometrical Laboratories Ltd. Medical laboratory, Surrey, B.C. * Works with recycling providers to find solutions for high-volume items--like small caps from needles, which once weren't considered recyclable. * Telecommuting is encouraged; more than 15 per cent of administrative staff work from home. Brookfield LePage Johnson Controls Real estate management, Markham, Ont. * Brookfield's head office diverts 100 per cent of its waste from landfills. * Established 11 social responsibility committees and hosted a sustainability event to educate real estate industry professionals on reducing carbon footprints. Celestica Electronics manufacturing, Toronto * Hybrid and other eco-friendly vehicles...
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...This paper will discuss deforestation across the globe and how it affects the world’s ecosystems. Everyday, a piece of Earth’s ecosystem is demolished by human hands for the conquest for timber, minerals, and other resources. Forests cover 2% of the Earth’s surface, 6% of the landmass, and yet they house half the animal and plant species while rainforests cover twice that area. Deforestation is occurring across the globe on a scale that if it were continue at its present rate the forests could disappear within the next one to two hundred years. This raises concerns and questions. First, why should we be concerned? Second, what kind of damage could deforestation lead to animal and plant species, human existence, and to mother Earth and its atmosphere? Third, how and why the rainforests benefit the human race. To answer these questions, this paper will discuss where the most deforestation is occurring and the consequences of deforestation. Tropical rainforests are defined by two primary factors: location and amount of rainfall they receive. Rainforests receive from 4 to 8 meters of rain a year. Most of the rainfall is blocked by heavy vegetation, and water reaches the forest floor by rolling down branches and trunks. A distinctive characteristic is that the rainforests have no seasonality or no dry or cold season of slower growth. In addition, they are the Earth’s oldest living ecosystems. The rainforests are a priceless part of mother earth and their removal through deforestation...
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...Hui-Fen Hsu The Heroic Pattern in Life of Pi 95 The Heroic Pattern in Life of Pi Hui-Fen Hsu Applied English Department National Taichung University of Science and Technology Lecturer Abstract This paper examines the universal structure of a mythological hero’s adventure in Life of Pi. The theory is based on Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which illustrated and distilled heroic patterns from various cultures. The hero’s journey has three stages: separation, initiation, and return. Answering a call to adventure, the hero departs from his familiar world and ventures into a region of supernatural wonder. Miraculous forces are encountered there and a decisive victory is won. He then returns from this mysterious land, bringing an elixir to bene¿t his fellow men. Through this journey of trials, the hero transforms his former self and achieves spiritual growth. Such heroes range from monster slayers to spiritual leaders such as the Buddha and Christ. Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel about an Indian boy who survives a shipwreck by drifting on a lifeboat with a tiger. His adventure ¿ts Joseph Campbell’s hero archetype. Similar to the mythological hero, Pi departs from his familiar land of India, answering the call for adventure to a new country. Protected by the supernatural powers of Hinduism, Catholicism, and Islam, he penetrates the dangerous and mysterious realm of the Pacific Ocean. After experiencing harsh ordeals, he returns...
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...in animals, Are they capable of mental time travel? Sarah-Jane Fahed American University Of Beirut Mental Time Travel in animals Episodic memory is a type of declarative memory, it’s the memory for personal events and is distinguished from semantic memory: memory for facts. What characterizes episodic memory is that it involves mental time travel also termed “Chronesthesia”: it is the capacity to mentally project oneself in the past to remember events that took place and projecting oneself to try and predict the future. It is commonly thought to be specific to humans but some studies have been done to research this specific type of memory and see if it can be attributed to animals. The study of episodic memory in non-humans led to many contradictory results and depends on how it is defined. The main focus of this paper is to study the different researches done on the Chronesthesia component of episodic memory in animals: mental time travel to the past and to the future and show their limitations. Tulving originally defined episodic memory in terms of the kind of information it appears to store: what where and when something happened (the www criterion) and later added the concept of autoneotic awareness to the definition (as cited in Suddendorf & Corballisb, 2007): the sensation that a memory was personally experienced In their book Missing Link in Cognition: Origins of Self-Reflective Consciousness Terrace and Metcalfe (2005)...
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...What is a symbol social stratification in Malaysia? 7 - 8 8.0 What is a state of delevepment in Malaysia? 8 8.1 Medicine and health care 8 8.2 Physical and science 8 9.0 Are you proud to be Malaysian? Why 9 9.1 Harvesting land and sea 9 9.1.1 Energy source 9 9.2 Industry 9 10.0 Are you like to live in Malaysia? Why 9 -10 11.0 What are advantages you get as a Malaysians people? 10 11.1 Transportation 10 11.2 Communication 11 11.3 Education 11 12.0 What makes Malaysian a great country? 11 13.0 Conclusion 12 WHAT MAKES ME A MALAYSIAN 1.0 THE OBJECTIVE This paper is written as an assignment. The most objective this assignment is how people think about Malaysia and how far they know about their country. One series interviewed was conducted by me to get more information from respondents. Six people, that is six male and six female in the age range of 25-35 years in different races was selected. ` 2.0 INTRODUCTION There is a strong interlink between the country's multi-racial and multicultural make-up and its history. Besides the local Malays and the native groups, immigrants from China, India, Indonesia and other parts of the world have all contributed to the multiracial...
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...Sustainability 2010, 2, 3436-3448; doi:10.3390/su2113436 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability Review What is Sustainability? Tom Kuhlman 1,* and John Farrington 2 1 2 Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 29703, 2502LS The Hague, The Netherlands Institute for Rural Research, Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, Scotland, UK; E-Mail: j.farrington@abdn.ac.uk * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: tom.kuhlman@wur.nl; Tel.: +31-70-3358-232; Fax: +31-70-3615-624. Received: 17 September 2010; in revised form: 15 October 2010 / Accepted: 19 October 2010 / Published: 1 November 2010 Abstract: Sustainability as a policy concept has its origin in the Brundtland Report of 1987. That document was concerned with the tension between the aspirations of mankind towards a better life on the one hand and the limitations imposed by nature on the other hand. In the course of time, the concept has been re-interpreted as encompassing three dimensions, namely social, economic and environmental. The paper argues that this change in meaning (a) obscures the real contradiction between the aims of welfare for all and environmental conservation; (b) risks diminishing the importance of the environmental dimension; and (c) separates social from economic aspects, which in reality are one and the same. It is proposed instead...
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...MARKETING ASSIGNMENT REPORT WRITING ON LUSH COSMETICS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This report is on LUSH cosmetics – a sustainable brand in cosmetic industry. This report will describe about marketing history, company ethics and current market position of LUSH. This report also deals how LUSH is making their products with sustainability and what marketing strategy they are following. We will discuss about marketing mix of LUSH, How they are doing ethical business and their position in competitive market. We will also do SWOT analysis and LUSH position mapping with other brands. This report also concentrates how LUSH can improve its marketing strategy. Keywords: Organic, Cosmetic, Sustainability, Product Portfolio, Marketing mix, Customer, Social Media, Competitive. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION: ..…………………………………………………………………………...5 1.1 MARKETING BACKGROUND OF LUSH: ………………………………………………...6 1.2 COMPANY PROFILE: ……………………………………….……………………………...7 2 LUSH AND SUSTAINABILITY:……………………….……………………………………8 2.1 LUSH AND GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN: ……………………………………………………8 2.2 LUSH AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE: ……………………………………………………….9 3 LUSH PRODUCT ANALYSIS: ……………………………………………………………..10 3.1 LUSH PRODUCTS: ……………………………………………………………………….10 3.2 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: ………………………………………………………………….11 3.3 LUSH SERVICES: ……………………………………………………………………….…11 3.4 LUSH AND THEIR SUPPLIER: ………………………………………………………..…11 3.5 LUSH AND THEIR CUSTOMERS: …………………………………………….…………12 4 MARKETING STRATEGY OF LUSH: …………………………………………………...
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