Mangrove

The higher the rate of accumulation, the higher the organic content. The organic component of the peat is made up from undecomposed plant remains, such as roots, stems and leaves from the mangrove and marshes lands. The rate of decomposition affected by the decay resistance of the vegetation and the atmospheric condition of the peat land, including the climate, water supply and temperature. Organic content is categorised as an essential standard…

Mass Extinction of the Human Species The future is not guaranteed for individuals, and the same is true for all of humanity. Of the millions of species that exist on this planet humans are known as the most intelligent, but maybe this is a misconception. While mankind carries on its activities, the chance of a mass extinction grows with every misuse of the earth. It is more likely that humans will cause their own extinction than it is that they would be wiped out by a natural catastrophe…

On a global scale, fish has increasingly become an important food source. Today, our demands far exceed the sustainable yield of fish in our oceans. Our responses towards this issue have included the industrialization of fishing and fish farming. But fish, one of our most important sources of high-quality protein, provides some 16% of the animal protein consumed by the world’s population, (Food & Agriculture Organization, FAO, of the United Nations, 1997). For this reason, fish stocks are being…

Geographical Data Brazil is located in South America and is the continent’s largest country, covering roughly 47% of the continent. It is home to the Amazon Rainforest and Brazilian Highlands, is popular for tourism, and is the fifth largest economy in the world. The capital of Brazil is Brasilia and major cities include ão Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo. São Paulo is the country’s largest and most populated city. Brazil is the fifth largest in the world in both area as well as…

emergence of a disease known as white-spot virus has jeopardized the industry’s growth; • The long-term cost of shrimp / prawn farming already has been devastating; 2. Environment: • Prawn farms have destroyed an estimated 800,000 hectares of mangrove forests and created improbable saline deserts in some of the world’s wettest countries. • Impact on other species and vegetations. III. ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTIONS …concerning problem no. 1: What can Xavier do to turn the economical and…

Prevention measures are aimed at minimizing the impact of a tsunami in terms of loss of life, primarily by reducing the density of occupancy in tsunami inundation zones, especially for tsunami run-up areas. As shown in Table 3, prevention measures mainly refer to land use management such as open land development regulations, planning and zoning, and open space preservation. For example, open space preservation refers to the maintenance or to the conversion of specific at-risk areas to parks or…

Global warming is the gradual rise in the temperature of the earth’s surface, oceans and atmosphere. Global warming is caused by the Greenhouse Effect, which humans are responsible for. Due to the burning of fossil fuels, there has been an increase of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gasses in the earth’s atmosphere and because of this the suns heat becomes trapped and cannot escape through the earth’s atmosphere which in turn causes our planet to heat up. Increased rainfall, droughts and floods…

The beach has three major parts: beach face, berm and back beach. The area above the water, including the intertidal zone, is known as the beach berm. Beach berm can include vegetation, such as trees, shrubs, or grasses. The most familiar characteristic of a beach berm is its type of sand or rock (Marinebio.net, 2014). Along the backshore, accumulations of wind-blown sand may form sand dunes, and when these are sufficiently stable they become consolidated by a characteristic dune vegetation, for…

The Marine Management Committee was the governing body in the Apo Island prior to PAMB. The MMC has managed the island’s resources successfully for almost two decades (Raymundo, 2005). Significantly, the Marine Management Committee was involved in the drafting of the municipal ordinance that mandates to establish the marine reserve, impose surveillance, collects visitor’s fee or donations and allocates these resources for projects within the island and lastly the construction of community…

The importance of literature can be seen in various aspects. Environmentally, literature tells the story of the relationships that humans share with the environment. Literature of Africa and the Caribbean use an interdisciplinary approach to shed light on different environmental concerns. In a sense, literature gives nature its voice. In this paper, I will outline the importance of the Feminist, Eco-Feminist, Eco-Imagination, Eco-Centric, and Eco-Efficiency. Ecocriticism is “ecologically…