Biodiversity Action Plan

Veterinary Sustainability: The Dream of Working in the Profession and Its Environmental Impact The veterinary field is full of challenges when it comes to success in the profession. As many people are becoming more aware of the environment and the impact that humans have in destroying Earth, small businesses such as veterinary hospitals work to utilize sustainable efforts not only for the purpose of saving money, but also to assist in maintaining the health of the animals and their owners.…

This island has to be saved for its trees, it has to be saved for its animals it is a part of a reserve forest, it belongs to a project to save tigers, which is paid for by people from all around the world….who love animals so much that they are willing to kill us for them…this whole world has become a place for animals, and our fault, our crime was that we were just human beings, trying to live as human beings always have, from the water and the soil. No human being…

A LIVING HAZARD: BRACKEN FERN [Pteridium aquilinum (L.)Kuhn] INTRODUCTION With their large, shiny green and highly dissected leaves, ferns are so visually appealing and many of them are sold as ornamentals. But certain fern species can create substantial problems and they are herein called “problem ferns”. Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern) is one of the problem ferns which cause the greatest range of problems on ecology and human welfare. Bracken fern has been described as one of the five…

Fig. 14. The viaduct bridge takes large area of cultivated land in Yang Po Village of Qian Yang County 3.6. Village infrastructure is backward, the internal function does not satisfy the modern life With the improvement of people’s living standard, residents who living the gully region of the Loess Plateau own more requirements for their life. However the original cave dwellings cannot meet their requirements due to the backward infrastructure, such as communication, water supply, power supply,…

1.1 Background and problem statement Mangroves are tropical and sub-tropical woody trees that grow naturally in brackish waters within the intertidal zone. Mangrove ecosystems are highly productive and rich in biodiversity and offer a variety of goods and services, both economic and ecological. The estimated total area of mangroves is just above 150,000 km2, divided by 123 countries worldwide (Spalding et al., 2010). In tropical regions, these ecosystems constitute about 0.7 % of the total…

Biology Assignment Experiment: The outcome of the effect of litter on plants over time. Macky Holmes Grd. 12 Introduction: One thing that the environment suffers from terribly in this day and age is litter. Everywhere. People are so used to dropping packets and papers as they walk or throwing their fast food bag out of the car window as they drive along the highway. It is a problem because apart from packaging affecting animals, it is also said that litter like plastic or…

suggests that the humans of the past had a more harmonious relationship with the environment than the current generation (Roos 2018). This type of thinking assumes that harm to the environment didn’t occur until fairly recently, when in fact every action ever done by a human has had some kind of effect on the environment. This myth accuses modern society of…

Tourism Operations at the Wildlife Safari, Winston Oregon Austin Alexander, Kailyn Gunther, Noah Lapp, & Adam Oakes Introduction The Wildlife Safari is a drive-through zoo that is located in Winston, Oregon. The park was created in 1972 by Frank Hart (History, 2017). Hart’s dream was to create a facility in the Pacific Northwest that would work towards saving rare and endangered species from around the world. The park is 600 acres, allowing around 500 animals to live comfortably on the…

For this assignment on political ecology methods, the article that will be reviewed is the Difference and Conflict in the Struggle over Natural Resources: A Political Ecology Framework by Arturo Escobar (2006). Escobar provides a discussion on the political ecology of natural resources in three interrelated rubrics. These interrelated rubrics are economics, ecology, and culture. The discussion will assess how Escobar bridges the two sciences in his article and how well researchers have bridged…

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The Siphumelele wetland was assessed by 10 participants. All the participants were compared to participant 2 (control), who is a specialist on wetlands and has over 20 years’ experience on working with wetlands. The overall results (indicated in Figure 2 and Figure 3) in this case are the combination of the results from the assessment of the impact on the wetland of land-cover types present within the wetland, and an assessment of the impact on the wetland of land-cover…