most disputed ecological areas to date. The Tongass National Forest has been the battle ground of the Alaskan logging industry and nature conservation groups for the last 40 years. One side advocating for industry, economic growth, and job security the other fighting for the long term ecological health and prosperity of the forest. This battle first began in the 1950’s in part to aid in Japanese recovery after world war two, the Forest Service set up long-term logging contracts with two pulp mills:
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mile island the land gleans with lush foliage, rippling blue waters, majestic mountains and native animals. All of these attributes contribute to Add-a-Lands unique surroundings. Add-a-Land, is located near the equator. This tropical rain forest is sunny, hot and humid year round. The temperature never drops below 80 degrees. However, since it is so hot and there is high humidity Add-a-Land does receive mass amounts of rain during its rainy season. The rainy season begins in early December
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Social entrepreneurship through forest bio residue briquetting Contents 1. The social problem and the opportunity 4 2. Mission, vision and values 7 3. Our solution (strategy and business model) 9 4. The entrepreneurial team 15 5. Human resources 16 6. Context 18 7. Scaling strategy 20 8. Impact measurement 22 9. Risks 25 10. Financial Plan 28 Bibliography 29 Figure 1. Exposure of the population to natural disasters 4 Figure 2. Lean canvas 8 Figure 3
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Internet Assignment 1 New Zealand Forest Resources New Zealand is a widely diverse ecoregion which is made up of 7 contiguous ecoregions. These regions are spread over 170,000 sq. km (or, 65,500 sq. miles). With only 5 major temperate rainforests in the world, the temperate forests of the South Island of New Zealand are some of the largest areas of native vegetation in the country. The New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis) belongs to the ancient conifer family, Araucariaceae, one of the largest
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The information presented so far in Thomas M. Kostigen’s You Are Here has been informative and eye opening. Before we started the book my assumption was that it was going to be “mostly exaggerated propaganda” but the book has yet to read that way. Kostigen delivers the information in a “reasonably and objective way” that the book is an entertaining read while being informative and educational as well. He achieves that through the use of describing his personal experiences, evidence based facts, quotes
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The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region that is warm all year long. Anywhere between 50 to 260 inches of rain falls a year. The temperature in a rainforest doesn't get higher than 93 degrees or drops below 68 degrees ; average humidity is between 77 and 88%;more often than not rainfall reaches 100 inches a year. There is usually a brief season of less rain. In monsoonal areas, there is a real dry season. Almost all rain forests lie near the equator. Rainforests now cover less
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Paper Outline Abstract: In “The art of not being governed”, James Scott uses the example of the hill people living in the mountain region of Zomia and argued that instead of being primitive form of living, barbarians, or human beings leftover from pre-state era, these hill people deliberately move to inaccessible region to avoid state control. Scott states that the inaccessibility of the hills make them natural escape routes that can be used to avoid the sovereignty of state government. Scott
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102 October 9th, 2012 Hills Like White Elephants Research Paper Despite the multiple critques of "Hills like White Elephants" I will briefly touch on a few. Several reviews elude the imagery and symbolism of the tale. Instead of list each critique in some haphazard bullet list we'll review the three points that were repeated and most obvious. The while elephant is the most prolific revolving theme of the story. Jig tells her boyfriend the hills look like white elepants
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vegetation of a forest, as I realised the changes Kent Ridge forest had undergone due to man’s actions. Kent Ridge was originally a lowland evergreen rainforest, specifically a coastal hill dipterocarp forest. (H.T.W. Tan et al.). Such forests were the most common in areas with year-long moisture and well-drained soils, as found in Singapore. (R.J Morley). Such forests are dense, and lack ground plant growth. They also have a higher diversity of flora and fauna as compared to other forest types. Due to
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The artwork I chose to analyze is Young Corn by Grant Wood. I really like how serene it looks. The rolling hills bring about a sense of calmness. The subject of this work seems to be farming and the rolling hills. You can tell it has to do with farming because of what looks like crops are planted and that the three people may be picking crops. Wood uses many forms of visual elements in this painting. One element is the use of lines. Lines are used to create boundaries between each piece of land
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