Current estimates on the number of species present on Earth vary widely but a census conducted by Hawaii University concluded that this number stands at 8.7 million species. Of this number, 1.3 million have been entered into a database so far. This diversity is fundamental for ecosystem stability and ultimately essential if we are to support our continued existence on the planet. We exist in a period of significant environmental uncertainty largely caused by humankind's impact on the planet. The...
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Disclaimer Please note that these husbandry guidelines are student material, created as part of student assessment for Open Colleges ACM30317 Certificate III in Captive Animals. While care has been taken by students to compile accurate and complete material at the time of creation, all information contained should be interpreted with care. No responsibility is assumed for any loss or damage resulting from using these guidelines. Husbandry guidelines are evolving documents that need to be updated regularly as more information becomes...
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Abstract Media has been considered as fourth pillar of democracy, where everyone has right to expression. With its vast reach, mass media is called ' the magic multiplier' which demonstrates its powerful impact. Because mass media is a platform to highlight social, political, cultural, global issues alongside the voices of common people to attract the attention of governing body towards the matters at hand, media also plays role of a awareness agent. It is a tool in the hands of...
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Environmental activism is related to different people and organizations working in different areas like scientific social conservational and political fields related to environmental. Those people and different organizations in nineteenth century when the conservationists and that are included in this movement are also known as green movement as it relates to our environment. It began natural historian groups formed in Europe and North America in different fields like animal welfare, forestry, national parks and wildlife preservation as well as urban...
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Introduction to Environmental Ethics Environmental ethics deals with the moral and ethical relationship between humans and the nature. In other words it questions a human on its rights on non human world. While ethical issues concerning the environment have been debated for centuries, environmental ethics did not emerge as a philosophical issue until the 1970s i.e the start of Industrialisation . Its emergence was the result of increased awareness of how the rapidly growing world population and their demands was...
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Our only home is falling apart. The world we live in is rapidly becoming another landfill for all our wastes and the human population is not doing anything as a whole to prevent these problems from becoming too extreme to the point of no return. Only recently, have we begun to focus on our environment and attempting to clean our mess for our own survival and those of future generations. It is too late to prevent climate change from taking...
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Introduction Recently, infectious diseases are found to be most frequent among occupational diseases. Discovery of occupational infectious diseases had heaps of ripple effects within the field of occupational medication and industrial hygiene. Occupational infections, including parasitic diseases, can limit the vary of applied diagnostic and certification procedures solely to diseases evoked by pathogenic agents or by exposures occurring within the occupational environment. In some cases, it becomes tough or perhaps not possible identify the real cause of patients' complaints. Occupational...
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Biodiversity relates to the degree of abundance and richness of life present in a specific region. This could refer to a distribution of species having distinct characteristics, difference in genetic makeup, or in terms of the presence of varying ecosystems in a certain area (Brown & Cohen, 2019). According to World Health Organization (2020), âPeople depend on biodiversity in their daily lives, in ways that are not always apparent or appreciated.â It is said that humans highly depend on services...
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Starbucks has become a force to be reckoned with over the years in the coffee industry, providing a name for itself firstly in the United States and soon branching internationally. In this age, it would come across very hard to find someone who has not even heard of the brand Starbucks in their entire life. How is it possible for a small business to grow so rapidly and to even earn the recognition of the world? The way how Starbucks...
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Identification of Dilemma According to Meijaard & Sheil (2012), any business person finds himself or herself in routine arguments. The argument calls for thought decision on the ways to hand the situation. The overall ethical dilemma has confronted George, the manager of the Beech-Nut company, who is in a situation of making a difficult choice for the sake of the company's operations. The passion that George has developed towards the organization is too big to be under-rate by anyone. George...
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Introduction Sustainability means to be maintained and a lifestyle where you reduce the earth's natural resources. I have chosen sustainable living because it is good for the environment and society plus it reduces people's usage of resources and encourages them to use natural resources. It's also because I think it's important to have sustained life and society to make things easier now so you don't struggle later. I am really interested in how sustainable living does or does not change...
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The conceptualization of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is essential for business and in good light with the environment in the modern-day world; due to globalization. The dynamic changes in the global market have an impact on the perception of firms towards society. The present work is an attempt to examine CSR practices of Nestle West Africa and how some of the practices have not been in line with the portrayed CSR of the multinational firm and how it has failed...
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Abstract Red panda, Ailurus fulgens is unique animal of carnivora family that just has a single species and probably falls under monotypic family. Although they are found from Mugu to Ilam district inside eight different protected areas and one community forest of Nepal, the total population is not known. Their preferred habitat is the bamboo-dominated vegetation of evergreen deciduous forest within an average altitudinal range of 2,400m to 3,600m with abundant fallen logs and tree stumps. The red panda diet...
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Introduction In the past wolves once roamed the UK and played a vital part in keeping the wild deer populations under control through hunting. However,in the 17th-18th they were hunted to extinction and because of this it has allowed the wild deer populations to skyrocket. With no natural predators the wild deer has thrived and have gotten to the point where they are venturing onto roads and into public areas where they cause road accidents, destroy crops and become hazards...
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The island of Madagascar is located on the east coast of Africa, which is home to a variety of lemurs. Most of us are probably not aware of how we damage their habitat and environment. The primary focus of this research is on the prolemur simus also known as the great bamboo lemur. This lemur has been classified as endangered by the IUCN and on the list as an explanation as to why they are critically endangered, you will see...
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Geographical Range and Habitat Red pandas live mostly in Asia in the Eastern Himalayas like: China, Bhutan, Burma and Nepal. Red pandas live in the forest, where there's water, fallen logs, and bamboo. The reason why they need the bamboo is because they mostly make their house out of bamboo, and tree branches. In india red pandas like to live in tropical forests. Conservation Status Red pandas are endangered, less than 10,000 are left.You might be asking why? Well...there are...
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Is the threat of wildlife worth our concern? Of course, it would be sad to have no cute animals like elephants on earth. But there are so many problems that we have to worry about deciding to pay millions of baht to conserve wildlife. But what makes conservation important? According to research there were 107 times of conflict between people and elephants which caused 45 people and 25 elephants to die. In the past, elephants were considered important labor in...
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Pollen or nectar are the forms where insect visits flower to obtain food. The plants obtained the service of pollinators in carrying pollen from one flower to another. They feed on nectar from flourish for energy from sugars in nectar and for sodium and other minerals which are vital for their reproduction. In 18th century, butterflies have been studied steadily in each season. They comprise about 9% of the order worldwide totaling about 28,000 described species among the insect order...
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Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) are arboreal threatened marsupial species which are controlled to eastern Australian forests and woodlands that comprise Eucalyptus species. In spite of the koalaâs having been considered a species of slightest concern since 1996 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Australian government included the koala to the countryâs threatened species list in 2012.The conservation status of koala in each state of Australia fluctuates across the animalâs range, reflecting regional variances in perceived threats to...
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The study of climate change impacts on birds has increasingly been hot topic in recent years. Abundant evidence and proof shows there have been apparent changes in avian population, life history traits, and geographic ranges in react to worldwide environmental change. This paper briefly reviews the impacts of climate change on birds specifically focusing on its distribution, production and conservation concern. There have been many short- and long-term studies in the scientific field which reveals the unknown and solid facts...
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We live in the 21st century and yes, we have moved past a lot of barriers like caste, creed, colonialism and many others but still, we have a long way to go before we fully act like we live in the 21st century. What we often forget is that the Earth belongs not only to the humans but also to the animals who are subjected to cruelty and are not at all treated with the fairness they deserve. In this...
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Extinction happens when a plant or animal species ' last individual dies out. This can occur naturally, likely due to climate change or other factors, or due to human activity such as overhunting or habitat destruction. Marine animals are aquatic mammals that rely for their life on the ocean and other marine ecosystems. Researchers are now using a comprehensive study of marine animals that have died out over the past 23 million years to determine which animals and ocean habitats...
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Orange-bellied parrot is a kind of slim ground-feeding parrot with grass-green top and yellowish below. Its prominent is the orange patch on belly, but adult female has slightly smaller orange patch. The taxon name of orange-bellied parrot is Neophema chrysogaster. This species breeds only in south-western Tasmania, Australia between November and March. The nest is in a natural pit or artificial nest box, in tall eucalyptus forests and rainforests, near the swamp and seagrass plains. The birds appear to be...
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The Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) native to Tasmania Australia, is the quickest parrot on the planet, however, now being critically endangered is on a fast decline to extinction. According to a âConservation Volunteers Australiaâ webpage, there are just approximately 2000 Swift Parrots left in the wild. The Swift Parrot travels across over Bass Strait to the Australian Mainland to collect food and nutrients in open eucalypt and box-ironbark backwoods every, prior year coming back to Tasmania to breed in the...
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Force plants are over the top expensive to construct, however, once they are available effectiveness in changing over fuel to energy is exceptionally high. Most of the time more power is made than is really required because power can't be stored. Power requests shift consistently and arrangement must meet the peak load, which implies the most noteworthy conceivable interest within a year. Some ecological researchers foresee that non-renewable energy source costs will increment in the coming century due to shortage....
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Energy is certainly one of the most critical driving forces required to advance a country. It is not just an important ingredient in economic growth; it is key in maintaining a nation's sustained sustainable growth. For all humans, the use of electricity is crucially important to maintain life on the planet since it contributes to the growth and technological advancements in our modern society. In the following essay, the central theme that I will be discussing and evaluating about will...
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Rural communities are often characterized by a rural way of life. In contrast to urban areas, rural communities are relatively far from the big cities and are found out in the country. Communities like these have a low population density and small population size that engages in farming and other agricultural activities. Prevalent problems that arise from rural communities and their need to protect their natural areas are usually as a result of human activities, activities the locals practice themselves....
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Subject Introduction The extravagance of life on earth which is called as the Biodiversity, is a basic component which shows the wellbeing of the biological systems on the Planet (Salazar J, 2010 ) Every species in the environment, regardless of how little or how huge, every one of them have their very own specialties and thus it upgrades the environment efficiency. A heathy biodiversity offers Biological assets, Social advantages and environment administrations. The normal administrations given by sound biological system...
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âTwenty-five years ago, people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much about climate change. Today we have no excuseâ -Desmond Tutu Research shows that six in ten Americans receive their news from social media (Gladston, I., & Wing, T. 2019). Social media is a fast and effective way to inform its users of the status of the climate change crisis; With such an abundance of articles and information on social media platforms regarding our planetâs health, it...
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The meat industry has created major issues for the population of the United States and the world altogether. Vegetarians live a much longer, enjoyable life as their antioxidant filled diets keep them mentally and physically healthy. Those that choose to consume animals are automatically put at a much higher risk of death from poor diet related illnesses. The American debt and famine levels continue to raise as mass amounts of money and grain are used in livestock raising. Switching to...
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