Suriname

In her article “Indigenous Rights win Big against Mining in Suriname”, Guidi maintains that “Suriname has not created government institutions that recognize the rights of indigenous peoples to the natural resources found within their territories.” The Kaliña and Lokono indigenous tribes have continuously had their communal rights…

allies. In August 1947, Aruba presented its first Staatsreglement, for Aruba's status aparte as an autonomous state within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 1972, at a conference in Suriname, Betico Croes, a politician from Aruba, proposed a sui-generis Dutch Commonwealth of four states: Aruba, the Netherlands, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, each to have its own nationality. Croes worked in Aruba to inform and prepare the people of Aruba for independence. The Island Government of Aruba…

Brazil is the largest nation in South America and covers almost half of the continent. The absolute location of Brazil is 15* 46’ S, 47* 55’ W. Brazil is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast. Both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn run through the country of Brazil making Brazil in the northern, southern, and western hemispheres. Brazil has a humid tropical and subtropical climate. The country is very hot and dry considering it’s on the equator. The Amazon River flows right…

The second primate I saw was the White-Faced Sakis are known as (Cebus capucinus) they are shy in the wild, opposite of the Orangutan.They are diurnal (active during the day) and arboreal (tree living). I saw three White-Faced Sakis when I went to the Como Zoo. It was hard for me to tell how old or young they were, beside being small you can tell if they were babies but it was hard because their face looks swallowing. They have a great leaping ability and that’s how they got the nickname…

Would you like to travel to a far away Oasis surrounded by a vast body of water near Argentina. If the answer is yes, then we have the right destination for you. The name of this lush country is Uruguay, receiving its name from the Uruguay River, which is thought to mean ¨the river of painted birds¨ in the Guarani language. In Uruguay the temperatures usually ranges from 70 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. The capital of Uruguay is…

Amazon rainforest is the Earth’s lungs. That is mainly true. In the article “The Amazon Rainforest” by: ReadWorks, it states that “The Amazon region, which stretches across the countries of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana,. . . contains over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests.” If the rainforest gets cut down, then half of the remaining rainforests will be gone! That also includes plants. That means less oxygen for us to breath.…

movement of people to the United States, has commenced with the first European settlements in about 1600. Starting around 1600, British and other Europeans settled primarily on the East Coast. Later Africans were brought as slaves, the transit of Suriname is a good example of the slavery transport. Later on, aviation travelling became cheaper, thus resulting in successive waves of Asian immigration. Momentarily, the Hispanic, are being the predominant causes of the contemporary immigration to…

Therefore that being discussed it can be concluded that, a reduction in the number of pirate attacks helps all states, but the states that choose to fight piracy bear high costs for doing so. That is to say, an ocean free of pirates is a common good that benefits all states, but obtaining that common good is an expensive process for those states which choose to guarantee it. Under international law, states are free to act as they feel best with regards to piracy. UNCLOS does not contain a…

Deforestation of the Amazon The Amazon is a rainforest that covers a crazy 6.7 million km² of land which is 40% of South America. The Amazon is so large that it covers 9 countries; Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana! The Amazon Rainforest is a home to approximately 10 million species of animals, plants and insects. Deforestation has become a great issue with the Amazon Rainforest since 1978 and 750,000 km² have been destroyed. Although…

Sand Analysis 4th Quarter Research Paper By Danielle Ambalong (Block 6) Sand samples have been collected from Galveston Beach, TX; Clearwater Beach, FL’ and Key West, FL. Each sample has been sieved and analyzed. Because of the different locations of the sands, the composition is diverse, ranging from quartz to hornblende. This feature is determined by the parent rock, which is the source rock that has been eroded and deposited into the same area. This is usually where the sand originates.…