Conservation

The Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation (LDF) was founded in 1998. The mission of the Dicaprio Foundation is to “protect the world’s last wild places ”. They do so through six avenues: Wildland Conservation, Oceans Conservation, Climate Change, Indigenous Rights, Transforming California, and Innovative Solutions. Through fundraising, LDF has successfully been able to make grants and support other projects with their same mission in mind worldwide. Through Leonardo’s personal social media, his…

An insight into the methods of Conservation Genetics Understanding the need to use genetic methods in conservation biology will greatly aid in the process of bringing back any species that play an important role in their native habitat. Implementing genetic tools and methods in conservation programs helps to minimize the loss of genetic diversity, which allows populations to adapt to environmental changes and stressors. This helps to minimize the loss of the population numbers by reducing the…

This idea of “conserving” or “conservation” has not only been publicized in media recently, but famous environmentalists many years ago have been sounding alarms for this developing concern. Conservation (the definition from Dictionary.com) is mostly defined as: “the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation” or the “official supervision…

within Oklahoma have been examples of horrible environmental disasters to examples of conservation efforts to protect the environment. The economy, culture, and politics of Oklahoma have been tied to the land. The Sterling Evans uses the lyrics of “Oklahoma!”, although out of order, were used to highlight the different ways Oklahoma has been tied to and shaped by the environment. The section that covered the conservation of Oklahoma was properly headed by, “Plen’y of Air and Plen’y of Room…

Apparently, conservation agriculture is able to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases as well as global food security. First of all, according to the definition of greenhouse gases (GHG) “The atmospheric concentrations of some greenhouse gases are being affected directly by human activities namely carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons. Water vapour is also a major greenhouse gas, but its concentration in the atmosphere is not influenced…

preservation and conservation of natural areas. This paper will look at two regions, the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) in Nepal and the Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania. The two regions have both implemented conservation initiatives, and have a strong relationship with tourism. This paper will examine community conservation in the ACA (ACA) that draws on Hulme and Murphree 's (1999) idea of “new conservation”, which involves “the merging of conservation and development goals”, conservation…

against abuse or degradation. Lester Brown has dedicated his career to contribute to the learning and solving of environmental problems. He strongly believes that education in the government and the public are crucial to the success of environmental conservation. As such, he established two integrative and interdisciplinary environmental institutions. In 1974, he founded the Worldwatch Institution, a sustainable development research organization focusing on keeping policymakers, and the public…

In this experiment, the Law of Conservation of Mass was illustrated by performing a series of 5 reactions, including a precipitation reaction, a decomposition reaction, two redox reactions, and an acid base reaction on a copper wire, called the Copper Cycle. The initial and final mass of the copper were measured and percent recovery was calculated to demonstrate that mass wasn’t created or destroyed. The balanced equations, balanced formula-unit equations, total ionic equations, net ionic…

Energy Conservation Patricia Horn Lab Partner: Nick Desnoyer TA: Scott Sawyer PHYS181 001-7 I submitted at on Tuesday March 3, 2015 Abstract: The purpose of this lab was to determine the relationship between kinetic and potential energy as a function of height. The lab was set up in two sections. The first section of the lab involved a plastic car on a roller coaster track with a loop in did not stay constant but it decreased once it hit the middle of…

paradoxes when it comes to wildlife conservation is the Trophy Hunter’s Paradox. Hunting wildlife, especially endangered animals, seems antithetical to conservation. And yet, conservation hunting seems to be the next “big thing” in conservation. Why is conservation hunting so important to the climate of conservation today? I believe this is an important paradox to consider, and that there are no clear answers about the ethical dilemma of conservation hunting. Conservation hunting can be seen all…