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    demolished nature to further build their facilities. This act of destruction struck their neighbors with a bit of anger and have accused the church as being “selfish and arrogant.” Citizens living in the St. Hill Green have complained about all the noise and pollution that has been accumulating since the beginning of construction. The Church has been said to have cut down twenty-two trees and destructed plenty of other wildlife habitats. The author explains how the Church has declared gifts…

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    threatened. Alistair Mezlar, part of the Koala Research Center of Central Queensland, announces that to this date there are about 45,000-80,000 koalas left in the world (Melzer et al. 621). These marsupials are most frequently found in forested habitats and woodlands of eastern and southeast Australia (620). The writer of this article on climate change in the book Wildlife Heroes, Kassie Siegel, who has been studying climate change for fifteen years at the University of California, Berkeley,…

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    landscapes. We need biodiversity for its immense capabilities. Conservation is an important piece in biodiversity, with species and populations decreasing, conservation is a necessity. Conservation is planned management of a natural resource to prevent destruction or neglect. The goal of conservation is to educate the public on the true needs of the society and how to conserve threatened ecosystems. Biodiversity is an important part of our culture. It is the key to resilience; the ability…

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    students enroll every year to study the environmental sciences. This paper tries to analyze some effects and solutions of mountain top mining. Some adverse effects include destruction of habitats, possible contamination of streams. Solutions could include reclamation, permits, inspection and sampling and protection of wild habitats. In the State of South Carolina mining has been part of the lives of some communities and pollution and environmental degradation has been the consequence over the…

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    Environmental End Game in High-Rise According to the World Wildlife Fund, habitat loss is the greatest threat to the sustainment of species. Whole populations of animals dwindle to nonexistence without habitats that possess the space and resources to support them. Like all habitat destruction, the vices of human consumption are at its root (World Wildlife Fund). In High-Rise, however, not only does human evil instigate this destruction, but this destruction’s primary and immediate impact…

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    purpose. Many countries have undertaken afforestation or reforestation projects to reverse the effects of deforestation, or to increase available timber. The deforestation of the Amazon remains a serious and widespread issue. Although the rate of destruction has declined somewhat, this remains a major global problem. The causes of deforestation are many: logging (legal and illegal), forest fires, construction all play a part. However, by far and away the largest cause is land clearance for…

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    It is required to conserve a certain population-level of every specie in order to prevent biodiversity loss and for ecosystems to continue operating. Whales are starting to extinct and whaling is one of the important causes of this problem. The blue whale is the largest animal and a lot of them are found in the Antarctic. The specie reduced abundantly because of hunting in the 20th century. The Antarctic blue whale is classified as Critically Endangered on the International Union for…

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    The free wilderness of the Pandas is now a goal to bring back. For the Pandas, there are many factors contributing to the Destruction of the Giant Pandas Habitats causes the Pandas to face extinction (“giant panda” 7). Humans are destroying the Pandas land by cutting down the Bamboo trees, and building industrial cities in their place. While they are creating more land, they fail to replant…

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    Agriculture covers thirty-eight percent of Earth’s land surface, but the land has continually been turned into cropland as the world’s population steadily increases (Brennan, Withgott pg. 225). Food is a necessity to human survival, however, agriculture, specifically industrial agriculture has caused multiple environmental impacts. Compared to the other land uses, agriculture causes the most harm to the planet due to the use of inorganic fertilizers, machinery, irrigation, pesticides,…

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    officially been marked as endangered which hasput it under the protection of the US endangered species act. Although there is alreadysomewhat of a movement towards preserving these lions, it’s not enough. People needto start respecting the Lions lives and habitats as it is a crucial species in Africa’secosystem and tourist attractions, or one day we will live in a world where the thought oflions is a thing of the past. First of all, Lions…

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