Botswana

hosted a conference on the illegal wildlife trade where they created new laws to prevent trafficking and outlawed all items obtained from endangered animals such as ivory from elephants and tiger pelts. In 2015, there will be a follow-up meeting in Botswana to further lobby against animal trafficking (The…

square kilometre. The most populous countries are Mauritius (584 persons per sqd km. in 2000) Rwanda and Burundi (337 persons and 266 persons per sqd km. in 2000 respectively). The lowest population densities can be found in Namibia, Mauritania and Botswana (2,3 persons, 2,4 persons and 2,9 persons per sqd km in 2000 respectively). Furthermore, Africa is both linguistically and ethnically the most diverse continent in the world. In the words of Frederick Cooper (2002): ‘Africans are as different…

itself as an independence nation. The United States become a strong nation where market evolves over the course of time. “Significant institutional evolution and even highly dysfunctional institutions can be successfully transformed. For example, Botswana managed to build a functioning democracy after its independence from Britain and become the fastest-growing country in the world.” (Acemoglu) This is significance because it resembles how the US changed to a better nation in order recover their…

The poaching of elephants and the ivory trade has become an extremely pressing and controversial issue over the past few years, most noticeably in Botswana perspectives have been altered and bias has been made. This issue has sparked unrest and controversy all around the world. Protests began in Botswana concerning it, dividing the environmentalist from the poachers. From the 1970’s to the late 1980’s, elephant populations were slaughtered due to the legal regulated trade in ivory, which…

This essay serves to show consistency between victimisation and the routine activities theory on the basis of the advice of crime prevention tips given by the University of Botswana (U.B) Security Services regarding the Intervarsity games. In this essay will start off by definition of terms like victimisation, crime prevention and routine activities theory. Then link the advice of UB Protection Services regarding victimisation, routine activity theory and crime prevention. Lastly will give a…

Since the colonialism of Ceuta in 1415, the Europeans have condensed over 10,000 territories of Africa into 57 colonises, divided up into lands belonging to Belgium, Spain, Face, Italy, Portugal and the UK. This ‘scramble for Africa’ as it’s more commonly referred to as, mainly occurred between 1880 and 1914, and since then almost all areas of Africa, especially sub-Saharan Africa has remained within low levels of development, so is colonialism to blame? Europeans, drawn to the naturally…

“The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” by Bessie Head expresses optimism about the future of South Africa because it shows convicts and law enforcers working together. At the beginning of the short story, Brille and his fellow convicts are resentful towards their warder. As the story progresses, Brille and his fellow inmates realize that Hannetjie is not a terrible person. When Hannetjie first meets Brille he tells him “‘I’m your Baas’” (Head 127). Hannetjie expresses a sense of hierarchy against the…

2.5. ANTIOXIDANT STATUS 2.5.1. TLC - Semi Quantitative DPPH Assay 0.2 % DPPH solution in methanol was prepared and kept in the fridge for further use. The grid space was marked with 1.0 cm2 space on an aluminum based TLC sheet (Merck silica gel 60F254) and a stock solution of all the extracts together with the standard were prepared in methanol. A series of dilutions of the stock together with the standard were prepared ranging from 400 µL to 0.01µL for the last dilution. The grid on the TLC…

The african elephant lies in the phylum chordata because it has tissues, and a coelom. Along with having these two attributes, it is bilaterally symmetrical and also possesses a dorsal,tubular nerve cord and a postanal tail. It lies in the class Mammalia because it possess hair which is made of keratin, the hair provides insulation. It is endothermic (the majority of the heat energy is used to maintain their high body temperature). It has a 4 chamber heart. They also have mammary glands that are…

the nearest predators are an can get away fast. They are very fast and can quickly get away in needed. There are many different types of giraffes like the reticulated giraffe which lives in ethiopia, The south african giraffe lives in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Other giraffes are the Nigerian giraffe which lives in the southwest part of Niger. In south Sudan the Nubian giraffes thrive. There are many other types of giraffes that live all around the continent of…