Rehabilitation policy has set a very high threshold of 500 families or more together in plains and 250 families together in hills, Desert Development Programme (DDP) blocks, and the areas which have been mentioned in Schedule V and Schedule VI of the Constitution of India. This high threshold fails to capture the cases in which the family number is not as high as 500 in plains or 250 in cases of hills. This high threshold totally defeats the purpose of the Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy as it will still
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1. Scripting a Story Using The Nine Steps of Story Structure - The Hill by Doug Stevenson Before you start telling a story and using it in your presentations, it is valuable to write the script out according to the Nine Steps of Story Structure. Here is an example of a story scripted with the Nine Steps. Step 1 - Set The Scene A good deal of my work involves giving storytelling workshops for large corporations. They're usually one-day workshops at some remote location like a conference resort
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Situation analysis Kenya’s forests are rapidly declining due to pressure from increased population and other land uses. With B of the country being arid and semi-arid, there is a lot of strain on the rest of the land since the economy is natural resource based. The productive area which forms about 20% of the country’s area falls in the medium and high potential agro-ecological zones and is under agriculture, forest and nature reserves. According to FAO Forest Resource Assessment 1990, Kenya is classified
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Rainforest Ecosystem Functions Ben Barr, Melodie Ocampo, Marline Pierre, Martha Tejada BSBH/ENV100 October 17, 2011 Wendy Armstrong Rainforest Ecosystem Functions The rain forest can be believed to be a living organism; they are a forest categorized by the amount of rain that falls throughout the year. Rainforest are some of this planet’s most complex ecosystems. “They once covered 14% of the earth's land surface and now they cover a mere 6%” (RainTree, 2010). Nonetheless
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still live on the land. There is a threat to the forest and all that inhabit it. People are logging and mining the forest, which is destroying it. If it is allowed to be destroyed and demolished, thousands of species of rare plants and animals along with homes of the people who live there will be destroyed along with it. The New Guinea Rainforest along with all other rainforest has life in it that should be protected, the destruction of the forest has dire consequences and effects on everyone, whether
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DEFORESTATION 1. Introduction The year 2011 is ‘The International Year of Forests’. This designation has generated momentum bringing greater attention to the forests worldwide. Forests cover almost a third of the earth’s land surface providing many environmental benefits including a major role in the hydrologic cycle, soil conservation, prevention of climate change and preservation of biodiversity. Forest resources can provide long-term national economic benefits. For example, at least 145
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tree-hugger. However, through pursuing his passion, he co-founded what was at the time known as the New York Rainforest Alliance (which later went international) and started a nonprofit that would grow to become one of the leaders of change for tropical forests. Rainforest Alliance worked very differently than other nonprofits. They strictly stayed away from policy making and simple boycotts. Instead, they tried to find solutions to problems for all parties involved. They worked with the corporations to
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Aerial roots wend their way down past tropical trunks, tree ferns and moss-covered prop roots to an understorey of ferns and seedlings. The jungle is lush, humid and thick with mosquitoes. It is also as cosmopolitan as London’s Heathrow airport. This forest on Big Island features mango trees from India (Mangifera indica); Cecropia obtusifolia, a tree with huge star-shaped leaves from Mexico, Central America and Colombia; rose apples (Syzygium jambos) from southeast Asia; tasty strawberry guava (Psidium
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broadly defined as “forest conversion and different types of degradation that reduce forest quality” (Sven, 2000). The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) provides a narrow definition: “depletion of tree crown cover to less than 10% as the deforestation” (FAO, 1993: 10). Forests play a significant role in humanity’s life. According to the World Rainforest Movement (1998), 25% of medicines come from the forests. Moreover, over the past 8000 years, about 5000 square miles of forest has been cut down
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of Guyana. These natural resources are very important in to the country’s economy. The lands have much resource also found in the vegetation and the forests. The plants and trees are historical for their abnormal size and density. Guyana has an excellent lumber industry; they sell some of the finest Greenheart, Walaba, and Mora. Guyana’s forest is home to a large variety of wildlife ranging from deer to antler and several
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