Protected area Essays

  • Marine Protected Area Of Indonesia Case Study

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    Implementation for Marine Protected Area in Indonesia INTRODUCTION Marine protected area is an essential instruments in marine biodiversity conservation. It has been applied by various institution and nation throughout the world to encounter several issue from fish stock collapse to habitat degradation (IEEP and NRDC, 2008). Marine protected area can act as a residence for certain species, habitat, and ecosystem as well as cultural heritage which cannot survive in other human intervened area. It can also act

  • The Use of Marine Protected Areas for Conservation Efforts

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    These four studies evaluated the use of marine protected areas (MPAs) as the primary tool for conservation efforts. Within Fox’s study he identifies four components that increase a MPA’s effectiveness, all of which focus on bringing together the goals of the governing bodies involved, as well those of the locals who rely on the marine systems in question for resources. The research presented by Edgar and his team presents similar findings as they identify five factors that have shown to increase

  • South Africa

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    The amazing thing as you fly into Hoedspruit from Jo’burg is seeing the walls of the canyon from the air, and how the ‘highveld’ drops horizontally more than 1000 metres into a vast, flat expanse known as the ‘lowveld.’ As we drove from the airport to the Blyde River Canyon Natural Reserve, we saw how the flatness of the ‘bush’ was framed by the huge red cliff walls of the canyon. The Reserve is at the bottom of the canyon, right by its mouth. The house was surrounded by a natural ampitheatre made

  • Explain Why Or Under What Circumstances Might It Be Hard To Establish A Large Area Of Protected Land

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    Why, or under what circumstances, might it be hard to establish a large area of protected land? It is hard to establish a large area of protected land because one problem is simply crowding and too many people at one time visiting the parks. Many national parks now limit driving through the parks, and instead, require visitors to park outside the park and ride shuttles while inside the park. Threats to wildlife exist in many national parks. New efforts are being made to educate people about the importance

  • Merri Creek Catchment Essay

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    Abbotsford. The Merri Creek is one of the major offshoots for the Yarra draining water from a catchment. In the catchment, there are nine main tributary systems such as Curly Sedge, Edgars and Malcolm Creeks. The Merri Creek catchment and surrounding areas are home to some of the endangered vegetation communities. As with most vegetation that has been cleared for human purposes in other

  • Wilderness Areas are Under Threat

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    Examine the ways in which the unique indigenous lifestyles found in wilderness areas are under threat. A significant proportion of the world’s population – about 300 million people – are described as indigenous, or native, peoples. They belong to a rich and diverse array of cultures spread across the globe. Indigenous peoples are defined as the descendents of those people who inhabited an area before it was colonised by Europeans, or before a modern state was established there. Where groups

  • An Investigation into Factors Affecting Resistance of a Wire

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    are material wire is made of, length of wire, temperature and cross sectional area of wire. I will use cross sectional area of wire and length of wire because I think it will be hard to draw conclusions from the material of wire. I am not doing temperature because it would be hard to get results from and I think they wouldn't be as accurate. I will set up a circuit to find out how length and cross sectional area affect resistance. I will need the following components in my circuit to gather

  • Costing Procedure of Flooring Contrator

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    You can’t take it anymore. If you have to look at those scratches in the living room floor, the foot traffic stains down the hallway, the Kool-aid stains under the dining room table, or the chipped tile in the kitchen one more time, you might go off the edge and wind up in the looney bin. You are tired of going to a friend’s home and secretly envying their perfect looking floors. Gone are the days of flipping through magazines and drooling over the pictures of nicely decorated rooms with flooring

  • Best Localities to Buy Plots in South India

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    Best Localities to Buy Plots in South India Land is a valuable asset, always in demand and it promises good price appreciation. These are the factors that attribute to an upward trend of people investing in land in India. Mr. Dinesh Babu K, Marketing Manager of ABI Estates states that land is an asset that only appreciates with time and does not have instability of gold. One can find 1000% appreciation in land, irrespective of the location, making it a top investment choice. Nowadays, buying a plot

  • The IPB Process

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    kinetic or non-kinetic. This area is defined as the Area of Influence (AI), and should be larger than the AO based upon the range of the fire or maneuver system available to the Commander. Finally, while the primary accomplishment of the mission occurs within the AO, the Area of Interest (AOI) is where events, issues and areas outside of the AO can interfere with the accomplishment of the mission. These areas can extend into enemy controlled or enemy occupied areas, as well as current or planned

  • Density Of Bulk Density

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    V. BULK DENSITY OF POWDERED CARBON Bulk density is important when powdered carbon is removed from the treated waste water by filtration because it determines the weight of carbon that can be contained in a filter of given volumetric solids capacity. When two carbons differing in bulk density are used at the same weight of carbon required per gallon per gallon, more gallons can be filtered with higher density carbon before the available cake space is full. Since cleaning and restarting a filter is

  • Summary: City And Neighborhood Analysis

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    County is located in the geographic center of Michigan just 10 miles north of Lansing, the state capital. The County is named after a former Governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton, and DeWitt is another city in Clinton County. Clinton County has a total area of 575 square miles, of which 572 square miles is land and 3 square miles is water. The southern portion of the county includes the cities

  • Forest Fires In Canada

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    forest fires that occurred from the start of 2005 till the end of 2014. which resulted in a total area of 12,356,894.538 hectares of burned forest and affected land. 4.2 Fires per-year and Area Burned per-year The year that saw the most forest fires between 2005 and 2014 in the western provinces was 2010 with 1348 fires. As well as having the most fires 2010 also saw the greatest amount of surface area burned, with 2,429,289.909 hectares of land being burned. The year with the least forest fires

  • Shapes and Their Areas

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    Shapes and Their Areas The objective of this coursework is to find out which shapes have the biggest area. The perimeter must be 1000m, and the shapes can be regular or irregular. First of all I will experiment with different rectangles, the different triangles, then pentagons. Then I will experiment with more regular shapes (or whatever type of shape has the largest area) to see the effect on area changing the number of sides has. I predict that the largest shape will be a regular circle

  • Preschool Classroom Observation

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    covered with five large windows that had different areas under it. On the right side of the room where the cubbies were located, there was a projector with a half circle table. The projector was currently playing “Old McDonald.” The bookcases on the left side of the room held textbooks, but they were not filled. Although the room was rectangular the wall on the entry was filled with gross motor activities halfway along the wall. The walls in this area are covered with children work, a calendar, teacher

  • Investigating the Relationship of the Dots Inside a Shape of Different Sizes

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    AREA DOTS PERIMETER 1 cm2 1 4 [IMAGE] DIAGRAM 2 [IMAGE] AREA DOTS PERIMETER 2 cm2 5 8 DIAGRAM 3 [IMAGE] AREA DOTS PERIMETER 3 cm2 13 12 It seems that a pattern is forming for both. Firstly for the dots and area you add 4, there after you double the number, secondly for the perimeter you just add four at each level. DIAGRAM 4 [IMAGE] AREA DOTS PERIMETER 4 cm2 25 16 DIAGRAM 5 [IMAGE] AREA DOTS

  • Heather Cox's Narrative Fiction

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    Heather Cox had always loved the cold town of Glendale and its cozy spot snuggled between the Gray Mountains. It was a place she felt safe. But then again, she had never been outside of Glendale. With its beautiful trees and snow covered mountains, why would you want to? Heather was exactly like her little town, charming and attractive. Heather looks like the kind of girl that at first glance you would be scared of, like she could tear any ego down in seconds. But she was the exact opposite, she

  • The 5 Levels Of Figueroa's Framework

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    Figueroa’s Framework is a tool used to investigate the issues surrounding access, equality and equity in sport and physical activity. It is split up into 5 separate levels; Individual, Interpersonal, Institutional, Structural and Cultural, starting off with ‘Big Picture’ of society (Cultural Level) and working down to the individual (Individual Level). Each level within the framework connect with the others to shape the overall joint effect. They show the different functions that reinforce, create

  • Hurricane Harvey And Irma Inspections

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    there was opening observed through the rotted roof decking on the northwest side of the storage room at the time of inspection. There were no water marks observed under the rooted roof decking to substantiate that wind driven rain enter through that area of the roof. The deteriorated condition and discoloration of the rooted roof decking reflects that it has been rotted for years and not in

  • Investigating the concentration of the solutions inside the vacuole of a potato cell.

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    Control Variables consist of; - 1.     Temperature 2.     Surface area of potato 3.     Volume of sucrose solution 4.     Same time for each potato chip submerged in solution 5.     Potato chips all from same potato The effects on the dependent variables all differ; here is how the main variables in my experiment work out. Variable      Effect on Dependent Variable Surface area of potato chip     The greater the surface area the more water it will be able to absorb Same chip from the same