www.wwf.org.uk Illegal Wildlife Trade By: Elianny Rodriguez Hypothesis ▪ The illegal wildlife trade is decreasing biodiversity in ecosystems and pushing rare species toward extinction. www.usatoday.com Wildlife trade http://worldwildlife.o rg/ A study released in 2013 found that illegal trade in wildlife is the forth largest illegal trade and was valued at over $19 billion per year. ▪ It is known that the trade is used to finance drug and arms trade as well. ▪ In 2011 23 metric tons of
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Declaration of the Millennium Summit". Protecting the environment is preserved and the future survival of humanity. Indeed‚ the environment is our source of food and drinking water. Air is our source of oxygen. The climate allows our survival. And biodiversity is a potential reservoir of drug. Preserving the environment is a matter of survival. In fact in this report we will talk about why protect the environment is important and secondly we will see how we can help to protect the environment. Protect
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key to the future of mankind. Continuing problems of pollution‚ loss of forget‚ solid waste disposal‚ degradation of environment‚ issues like economic productivity and national security‚ Global warming‚ the depletion of ozone layer and loss of biodiversity have made everyone aware of environmental issues. The United Nations Coference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janerio in 1992 and world Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002 have drawn the attention of people
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References: Bellwood‚ D. R.‚ Connolly‚ S.R. & Hughes‚ T.P (2003). Indo-Pacific biodiversity of coral reefs: deviations from a mid-domain model. Ecology 84: 2178–2190. Bellwood‚ D. R.‚ Connolly‚ S.R.‚ Hughes‚ T.P. & Tanner‚ J. (2005). Environmental and geometric constraints on Indo-Pacific coral reef biodiversity. Ecology Letters. 8: 643–651. Blenckner‚ T. & Hillebrand‚ H. (2002). Regional and Local impact on species diversity from pattern
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Executive summary The Dutch society recognizes the need for sustainable production and use of biomass. This has been expressed by environmental groups and the Parliament. The Dutch government decided to seek solutions by developing sustainability criteria and certification of biomass by a commission sustainable production of biomass (duurzame productie van biomassa‚ DPB). Between January 2006 and July 2006 these criteria have been developed. Parallel to these developments‚ in February 2006 this
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its resource‚ is to maintain the resource in the proper way‚ for that it is compulsory to maintain the environment biodiversity in equal and well channeled manner. As we all learn from the school‚The biodiversity of the environment starts with the food chain and wild animals are in the superior place.The extension of one celled beings doesn’t create any such violation in biodiversity but it create the huge gap in the environment as the result the wildlife are become extinct today. Now days the only
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The PURA model involves four connectivities — physical‚ electronic‚ knowledge and economic — to enhance the prosperity of cluster of villages. Under physical connectivity villages will be linked to one another by road. There will also be a ring road accessible to each village. Besides roads‚ provisions for electricity and transport facilities have also been included. Digital connectivity will mean linking villages with modern telecommunication and information technology services. For example public
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and it’s about an endangered animal‚ they mention the owl and how that they are endangered and what they are doing to save them. The chapter then start discussing biodiversity‚ and then goes on it describes the three types‚ which are genetics‚ species and ecological. They also discussed about the threats that exists against biodiversity include habitat destruction‚ climate change and population growth. The video “The Guide” takes place in a Gorongosa national park. This is a documentary that describes
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Bronx Zoo Experience There are many places where you can observe biodiversity. The Bronx Zoo is one of the places where you can observe biodiversity. The Bronx Zoo has been around for many years. It was first opened on November 8‚ 1899 and it is still open and growing today. This zoo is one of the world’s largest metropolitan zoos. The Bronx Zoo has over 600 species from around the world‚ many of which are endangered or threatened. Some places include; Africa‚ Asia‚ Pakistan and Madagascar. The
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