illegal trade, being hunted and sometimes killed affects the living conditions of these animals. Let’s start with orangutan which are the world’s famous tree climbing mammals that are losing their habitat on the two remaining islands; Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutan is a Malayan word meaning person or man of the forest. Their population has decreased from 66,000 to 45,000 over ten years (“Orangutan Coservancy”, n.d)). They are also traded illegally when they are up to seven years old as pets which…
deeper water; this causes an increase in wave height that can be detrimental to civilizations. For example, the deadliest tsunami occured when a piece of the Indian Tectonic Plate slid under the Burma Plate off the coast of Sumatra and generated an earthquake. Called the Sumatra tsunami, it hit coastal areas around the Indian Ocean and killed about 300,000 people in 12 countries.…
The Boxing Day tsunami was a tragic event. Occurring December 24, 2004 an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 released a huge vibration that lasted 10 minutes; causing the Indian Ocean to draw back. Boxing Day defined by Dictionary.com, is, “(in Britain) the first weekday after Christmas, when Christmas gifts or boxes are given to employees, letter carriers, etc.” Though it was supposed to be an exciting day in places like Thailand and India it soon changed into a nightmare. With more than…
Breaking in and entering, burglary, and theft is Illegal in today 's society; but why is it okay to do such things to nature to benefit an over populated species? Deforestation has affected nature for years and has become one of the leading causes for the increasing rate of animal species becoming endangered or extinct. Many people believe that deforestation is something that doesn’t have any negative impact on nature because it allows for the production of lumber to create houses and other…
As I have observed in Rwanda, assuming that non-patrilineal kinship systems encourage gender equality is simplistic. An array of sociological factors regulate ndividuals’ position in a given community and lineage is only one. However because of the link between inheritance and genealogy, it is safe to infer that the position of women in patrilineal and matrilineal societies are bound to somewhat differ. Moreover, I remain convinced that holding women as exclusive holders of group membership has…
Wilma fought and went against her parents to follow her dreams to join the Australian army nursing Service and was aboard the Vyner Brooke when it was sunk by Japanese aircraft. Wilma fought for her life as she yelled ‘the ships coming down,’ the boat had tipped on top of her and her best friend, losing her friend at the scene. Wilma persisted to fight for her life as she almost lost it many times during the attack. Wilma eventually made it to the Island where she and many other women were held…
tropical jungles of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List but its conservation status is listed as critically endangered. Their population in the wild has heavily diminished and is estimated to range between less than 400 to 500 remaining tigers. Their habitat ranges from lowland forest to mountain forest and includes evergreen, swamp and tropical rain forests. However, these tigers are found in the wild only in Sumatra. The part of Indonesia in…
The first reason as to why we should not celebrate the voyages of Zheng He is the trips were costly. When you look at map on Document A you can see he traveled in an unusual route, this proves that he was already traveling to well-established ports. It was all planned and he was not traveling to unknown lands, or really discovering anything. During his seven voyages he traveled about 105,300 miles combined, not only is that a long distance to travel but it also costs a lot of money. After all,…
Indonesia is well known with a unique culture, natural beaches, beautiful scenery and also great shopping centre which make Indonesia as one of the Southeast Asia’s most attractive destinations. Indonesia has five big islands such as Java and Bali, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi…
Orangutans and thousands of other species are effected greatly by the deforestation of their homes within South-East Asia, especially for Orangutans within Borneo and Sumatra. Because of the rapidly growing palm oil industry, 90% of Orangutans wild habitat within Indonesia has been destroyed within the last 20 years. It is estimated that 1000-5000 Orangutans are killed each year from loss of habitat for the palm oil crop development. Countries make money from this industry but they cannot bring…