UNIT I DEFORESTATION CHAPTER 1 What is deforestation? Deforestation is the removal or damage of vegetation in a forest to the extent that it no longer supports its natural flora and fauna. In other words, deforestation can be defined as the transformation of forest land to non-forest uses where forest land includes lands under agro-forestry and shifting cultivation, and not simply closed canopy primary forests (FAO/UNEP, 1982). However, this definition does not include “logging”. More inclusive
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I. Introduction Cecillio Kwok Pedro recognized an opportunity in producing aluminum toothpaste tubes for Colgate and Unilever and by 1977; he invested and opened Aluminum Container Inc. It was the start of his battle against entrenched giants to becoming the number one toothpaste producer in the Philippines. However, in 1986, a new packaging arrived and the two multinational companies (MNC) decided to switch to plastic tubing. Instead of closing down, Pedro decided to use his machinery and
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Chapter 1 PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Every student knows McDonalds inside and outside the campus, in every corner of the street, in cities even on commercial places in provinces. Child and adult are part for its everyday success. The fast growth of fast food industry in the Philippines led some observers to say that we are now on the burger generation. Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) is an approach to brand communication where the different modes work together to create
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FOREWORD In a span of only five years, the population of the Philippines grew by 7.7 million – from 68.8 million in 1995 to 76.5 million in 2000. During this period, the population growth rate (PGR) was 2.36 percent per year, which means the population doubling time will be within 29 years if the rate does not decline (NSO, 2001). Side by side with rapid population growth is poverty, which still grips about a third of the country's 15.3 million households (NSO, 2001a). This Country
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Corpo 4th batch of cases (1) WESTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. vs. SALAS Facts: Private respondents, majority and controlling members of the Board of Trustees of Western Institute of Technology, Inc. were acquitted of the crimes of estafa and falsification of public document. The falsification charge was anchored on private respondents submission of the school's income statement for fiscal year 1985-1986 with the Securities and Exchange Commission reflecting therein the disbursement of corporate
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De La Salle University - Manila College of Business A Strategic Management Paper on SM Development Corporation Submitted by: Encarnacion. Lipana. Raymundo. Rey. Soriano. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SM Development Corporation (SMDC) was originally incorporated on July 12, 1974 as Ayala Fund, Inc., a closed-end investment company. In March 1986, it was renamed SM Fund, Inc. after the SM Group of Companies took ownership of the company. After which, it stayed as an investment company that managed its
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ELEMENTARY PUPILS IN CABULISAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INOPACAN DISTRICT S.Y. 2014-2015 Introduction Research Questions This economic paper seeks to determine the 4P’s program and the academic performance of the Elementary pupils. Specifically, it seeks answers to the following questions. 1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of? 2.1. Gender 2.2. Age 2.3. Grade 2.4. Total number of children in the family 2.5. Total number of class attendance
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evening. There were reported to be as many as 80 students in each classroom. School authorities resorted to cutting classes in half and cramming the excess students into “science labs, libraries, corridors and even the principal’s office.” In Tacloban city, devastated last November by Typhoon Haiyan, a local newspaper reported that in one school, hundreds of children endured the searing heat, reaching 30 degrees Celsius, in three temporary classrooms with walls of corrugated iron sheets. “It is pitiful
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------------------------------------------------- VISION to be the best bank for all our stakeholders. MISSION we aim to be a premier universal bank of international standing, committed to creating and providing the best possible value for our core constituents – clients, employees, shareholders, and the communities whom we serve. We shall exert all efforts to transform every opportunity to expand our sphere of business activities into instruments to help our constituents realize their own
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CITY GOVERNMENT OF NAGA City Planning and Development Office Comprehensive Development Plan, 2011-20 RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CDP Resolution No. 2011-___ “ADOPTING THE 10-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE CITY OF NAGA” Whereas, the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) sets the city government’s strategic directions for the next 10 year action and details its priority sectoral and cross-sectoral programs and projects consistent with the vision for “Maogmang Naga”; Whereas, the formulation
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