Fauna College Essays Samples For Students

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Henry David Thoreau’s experience at Ktaadn was quite phenomenal; it changed his views about nature and science forever. As a naturalist, Thoreau believed in using nature facts and processes to state human truths. He liked the idea of using nature to explain analogy. Thoreau also believed in spending time in the mountains, and the wilderness. The idea was quite mind-blowing to him as both (the mountains and the wilderness) were not destroyed by civilization; they were real and pure. It was this innate love for nature, combined with the zeal to experience nature in its raw ...

Introduction

Seagrass beds are amongst the most productive marine habitats and their wide-ranging distribution. They provide homes and food sources for many marine animals, prevent erosion and provide nurseries for many commercial and recreational fish species. Despite their importance to the environment, seagrass beds are increasingly being decimated by the results of human activities. The destruction of seagrass beds may have serious consequences on the biodiversity of coastal regions and as a consequence, may negatively impact on commercial and recreational fishing, and ultimately all marine species.

Description of Issue

Seagrasses are flowering plants that live in marine and estuarine habitats. They are rooted ...

Introduction

Eritrea is among the youngest countries in the world. Having acquired independence from Ethiopia in 1993, the county has endeavored to carve out a distinct identity as one of the handful of countries that comprise the horn of Africa.
In this brief essay, I will highlight some features of the entire country relative to demographics, topography, climate and flora and fauna. I will then describe the capital city of Asmara, including its architectural features and culinary specialties.

The Country: Demographics, Topography, Climate, and Flora and Fauna

In the aftermath of Ethiopia’s civil war, Eritrea emerged as a victor of sorts, claiming the bulk of its border as the ...

Corals are mostly found near or at the shore of lakes and other large water bodies. This means that coral gives a cross section of the soil stratification layers which can be assumed to have been each as top layer at a certain period in history (Bruckner, 8).
Closely examining the coral, the different layers usually have different compositions. These compositions are the ones that help in depicting the climatic conditions that existed at the time of the layer being top layer of the soil (Paul, 3).
If one layer of the coral can be closely examined and compared ...

Bills are legislative rules enacted by the parliament of a member country stating the rules and guidelines that are to be followed by members of that country of origin. The parliament of a country of domain enacts laws in the form of bills that guide the general operations of that country. Rules guide activities and protect the less fortunate from the harm of exploitation and unfair treatment.
Environment bills are set to encourage the conservation of the natural resources in the form of flora and fauna. Flora represents the plants species in these whole planet earth and fauna represents the ...

Introduction

In this paper, I argue that the present coffee crop system in Brazil is and has always been destructive to the interest of local people and small farms. Furthermore, I contend that coffee plantations are based on a system established during the colonial era and reflect those inequities. I dispute the idea that the government in Brazil is trying to help small growers; evidence shows that the government has not established polices at local or national levels to protect Brazilians. In what follows, I will discuss 1) how the nineteenth century coffee plantations in Brazil came on the scene ...

Abstract

Solid waste and wastewater are primary sources of pollution from food processing industries. The wastewaters usually contain high suspended solids, organic starch and sugars that may contain toxic substances to the environment. Solid wastes come from organic materials while the mechanical preparation processes need biological treatment before releases into the environment. When untreated, they find their way into other water plants like lakes and streams. Since they have higher nutrient content, they result of eutrophication of the water systems hence causing algal growth. It, therefore, compromises the stability of the aquatic ecosystems as the water quality is changed. It ...

The theory of the continental drift was proposed by the German geographer and geologist Alfred Wegener on basis of the accumulated scientific facts. He formulated the first scientific theory of the slow continental drift in 1912. He mentioned the numerous similarities in the geological structure of the continents and the generality of the fossilized flora and fauna in the geological past. The weighty proof also was the coincidence of the climate in the distant geological eras.
Alfred Wegener was born on first of November in 1880 in the center of Brooklyn in the family of the famous scientist. ...

A shrine to nature lovers and a crowned jewel amongst all the valleys; a marvel that strikes everyone, be it a vacationing family or an outdoor adventure enthusiast or an explorer; Yosemite National Park is a mixed bag of picturesque scenery and an array of activities. Located in the central eastern region in the state of California, Yosemite National Park covers an area of 747,956 acres (3,026.87 km2) and stretches across the western slopes of the mountain chains of Sierra Nevada. This essay intends to give the readers a glimpse of the vast wilderness, diverse biological community and deep history of the ...

The Fate of Greenland's Vikings by Dale Mackenzie Brown.

In 1721, Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary discovered that the Norse were no longer inhabiting the two settlements that they had established around 1000 A.D. Since then there has been many debates on the cause of their disappearance and decline. For long, the theories about their disappearance centered around the oral traditions of the Inuits. The Inuit tradition held that the demise of the Norse was due to the contact between the Inuit and the Norse which was often aggressive (Seaver 1996, 119). In recent years however, owing to expanding archaeological findings and other limited documentary evidence there have ...

Introduction

In the modern age of technological progress, people begin to puzzle about their place in the environment and the relation of a contemporary human being to the nature. It seems like the link between a person and natural environment is lost, yet still despite the progress, humans try to connect to nature. There is a radical difference between the life in a modern city and in wilderness, which sometimes attracts adventurers and those who try to escape the civilization. There are radical examples, like Chris McCandless, who has chosen alienation from the society in order to live in wilderness ( ...

Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

Rationale for choosing Doi Suthep-Pui National Park landscape

The Doi Suthep-Pui National Park is considered as one of the greatest cultural landscapes in Thailand’s Chiang Mai Province. The cultural landscape meets the high standards of international criteria on the aspects of its richness in natural aspects since it offers a scenic location of biodiversity besides having both rare and endangered species in its vicinity. The Doi Suthep-Pui National Park is critically a significant venue for a visit as it presents different cultural and natural attractions, for instance, the Phra That Doi Suthep Temple (Sponsel, 2014).
Additionally, tribal people have lived in the ...

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The article refers to the descendants of the ancient Indian tribes in the Florida Everglades. It is a really interesting account of the history and the lives of the tribes. The hero is a person called Houston Cypress (Funcheon, 2014). He recounts his early years and how he was scared of being looked down upon since he was ‘two spirited’ (gay). Many of the early tribes in the area had different names and references to people with different gender choices. It clearly shows the way how the ...

Abstracts
China—Case Scenario
China accounted for 10% of the global diversity of flora and fauna, but the draining of wetlands, deforestation, degradation of pastures, pollution of air and water have led to the loss of many species of flora and fauna. However, the loss of biodiversity has long been neglected. Priority environmental issues were recognized primarily those associated with industrial pollution.
As a result of industrialization and urbanization, China has become a major problem of drinking water shortage. China actively promotes policies and measures aimed at mitigating climate change and has made progress in regulating the structure of the economy, changing the forms of development, all-round energy savings, increasing the efficiency of energy consumption, optimizing the energy structure, as well as afforestation.
In accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China is a socialist state of the people's democratic dictatorship. At the administrative level, China is divided into 30 units of the first level, including 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities (cities under the central government). On July 1, 1997 in China was created the special administrative region Hong Kong. In each province and territorial unit had its own People's Congress, People's Council, People's Court and the Prosecutor's Office, directly subordinate to the higher rank the relevant authority, which created a single clear vertical hierarchy of power. Direct voting elects only members in the lowest level (rural communes, urban settlements or urban area).
The economy of the People's Republic of China ranks 2rd in the world in terms of GDP. The construction of a market economy is carried out in China under the leadership of the Communist Party on the basis of five-year plans. The economy retains its stratification. At high rates of economic growth it is extensive. China is developing its own system of education, training students abroad (particularly in the US and Japan), promotes the import of technologies to develop the progressive sectors of the economy such as manufacturing software, new materials, telecommunications industry, biotechnologies.
Peoples Republic of China includes Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. The number of China's population - more than one billion three hundred million people. The population of China is characterized by a high average age, which is a consequence of the policy of "one family - one child". The growth rate of China's population is only 0.49%, ranking 151 th place in the world. Currently, the age structure of the population of China is characterized by an intense increase in the number of people of working age. In the early years of China at a young age accounted for 34% of the population, but because of strict demographic policy aimed at reducing the birth rate, the number of young people has fallen.

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Démurger, Sylvie, et al. "Geography, economic policy, and regional development in china*." Asian Economic Papers 1.1 (2002): 146-197.
Ding, Qu Jian, and Therese Hesketh. "Family size, fertility preferences, and sex ratio in China in the era of the one child family policy: results from national family planning and reproductive health survey." BMJ 333.7564 (2006): 371-373.
Ma, Laurence JC. "Urban transformation in China, 1949–2000: a review and research agenda." Environment and planning, Vol. 34.9 (2002): 1545-1569.
Merli, M. Giovanna, and Adrian E. Raftery. "Are births underreported in rural China? Manipulation of statistical records in response ...

50 years after the catastrophic explosion that shook the island of Krakatoa and claimed over 36,000 lives and massive destruction of flora and two-thirds of the land mass ensued life seemed to be back to normal with species re-colonization being reported by MacArthur and Wilson (515). Such a catastrophic natural disaster has the capability to wipe out all fauna and flora available as even a slight change in the biodiversity can seriously compromise its equilibrium. As Wilson puts it, “too much disturbance diminishes the assets of biological diversity.” Anak Krakatoa rose as a caldera from this massive eruption ...

While much has been hypothesized regard a sill in the context of geology, it is of the essence to note that it mainly refers to an intrusion that is tabular in nature that often intrudes on older deposits of sedimentary rocks. In metamorphic rocks, sills often intrude on along the directions of foliation. Many at times, the term sill and concordant intrusive sheet have been used interchangeably. This is a significant indicators that sill does not apply across all pre-existing rocks. On the contrary, dikes, which is often used interchangeably with discordant intrusive sheets applies across all older rocks. For this ...

The study of meteorological materials in all regions of the globe, prove that the climate is not constant, but is a subject to some certain changes. Beginning in the late XIX century, warming particularly intensified in 1920-30., but then a slow cooling started, which ended in 1960. Geologists’ studies of the earth's crust of sediments have shown that in the past era there was much greater climate change. These changes happened due to natural processes, that is why they are called natural (Martelle, 2013).

The following effects of global warming are projected:

sea ​​level rise due to melting glaciers and polar ice caps (for the last 100 years is ...

Brazil is the largest country both in the Latin and South America regions. It is also the fifth biggest country both by population and geographical area in the same region. In addition, it is the seventh largest economy in the world but, it is still classified as a developing nation. The country is one of the BRIC group. BRIC is an abbreviation for Brazil, Russia, India and China. These are emerging economies that have demonstrated superior economic development. They are also the fastest growing economies in the world.
Brazil’s national development bank is a major player in the country’ ...

Introduction

In the past decade, Arctic tourism has increased dramatically raising serious concerns over the possibility of negative impact on the Arctic environment. The tourist footfall has increased from around 1 million in the 1990s to more than 1.5 million in 2007, and it is expected this will keep on increasing in coming future. This increase has not been matched with the appropriate practices of management and infrastructural development in the Arctic. Adoption and application of the relevant sustainable tourism programmes and policies is required urgently (United Nation Environment Programme). Alan Grenier, a tourism expert of the Arctic Circle stated that ...

Introduction

Tourism, like any other human activity, has it fair share of positive and negative impacts. Hall & Lew (p.192) provide a myriad of effects of tourism. Among the positives effects are those of cross-cultural interaction, self-fulfillment and monetary gain by the visited place/country. For the negative impacts, these range from pollution of the environment and culture, change in local economies such as market values of housing and rise in vices such as sex tourism. The environmental effects of tourism are more severe as they threaten the very existence of man as a species. Issues such as climate change, pollution, loss of agricultural ...

Work of art, a gallery

A work of art that under discussion is one that was is known as the An Index of Saskatchewan Fauna and Other Curiosities. The exhibition was done or was curated by Caitlin Mullan. The project was coordinated by Jennifer Matotek, who is the director or the Curator of the Dunlop Art Gallery. Apart from Matotek, the exhibition was also directed by John Smell, who is the Manager, Public Programmes in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. I visited the museum on December 6, 2014. The art was quite appealing to the eye, and I was attracted to it. The caption of ...

- What is Bikini Atoll? Where is it at? How was it formed? Why should we care?
The Bikini atoll is one of the 29 atolls and 5 islands that form the Marshal islands in the United States of America. The atoll was formed through the growth of corals over a long period. The Bikini atoll was used by the Americans for testing nuclear bombs damaging the ecosystem and the general environment of the atoll. The nuclear radiations had negative effects on the fauna in that it caused mutations of the star fish, sponges, and other marine life.
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SINOPEC

Introduction:
Established in the July of 1998, Sinopec Group stands for China Petrochemical Corporation. It is a large petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group based in China. Former China Petrochemical Corporation was the founding basis for the Company. The Group has the controlling share of the State which makes it a state-authorized investment organization. The headquarters of the Sinopec Group is located in Beijing and the President is taken as the legal representative of the enterprise. The total registered capital of the group is 130.6 billion Yuan (English.sinopec.com, 2014).
Sinopec Group has a number of subsidiaries, shares holding Companies and controlled ...

Western Australian museum

The western Australian museum was established in the old Perth goal in the year 1891. It consisted of geological collection and was therefore known as the geological museum Biological and ethnological exhibitions were added and in the year 1892. It was pronounced the western Australian museum and art Gallery in the year1897. The Museum was recognized under the Museum act 1969. Within the art portfolio, Western Australian museum is a statutory authority. It is the premier organization of the state. It houses western Australian’s cultural and scientific collection. For the past 120 years, the museum has been making the ...

Introduction

The modern society is characterized by rapid development of production that resulted in increase of people’s living standards all over the world. These changes influenced people’s behavior and existing tourist needs as compared with the previous years. Over the recent years, tourism has become one of the leading and fastest-growing sectors of the global economy. It is acknowledged to be the economic phenomenon and is predicted to have a very promising future due to its rapid growth and great popularity. According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the growth of the tourism industry will be irreversible in future, ...

Introduction

Homo floresiensis nicknamed “Hobbit”. The fossil was found by Indonesian and Asian researchers on the Flores Island, the Island is located between Asian and Australia. The fossil was excavated from one of the caves in the island and is believed to have lived between 95,000 and 18,000 years ago. The Flores was in the early days separated from other continents, researchers believe that this is an area that was occupied by very few mammals. Few mammals and reptile species typically occupied the island during the Pleistocene period. The common reptiles that were found in the area included ...

Sustainable development

What is sustainable development?
Sustainable development is defined as balancing the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment. A common definition of sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The field of sustainable development can be conceptually broken into three constituent parts: environmental protection, economic sustainability, and social justice’ (The international association of public transport (UIYP), 2012, par. 1.).
It includes both the concern for the carrying capacity of the natural resources and the social challenges faced ...

Crude, a documentary directed by Joe Berlinger, focuses on a law-suit in which the plaintiffs are Ecuadorians living in the Amazon rainforest. Crude highlights how communities living around Amazon suffer the consequences of oil extraction close to their households. The local communities have to endure a lot: from polluted water to cultural debasement and diseases such as cancer. The multinational company involved (Texaco/Chevron) has no respect for the people and their customs. The beautiful land is turned into a toxic wasteland where nothing can grow; the communities living around Amazon face extinction, along with flora and fauna. Analysis of the documentary “Crude” reveals ...

De Crevecoeur

De Crevecoeur was an American farmer during a time when the flora and fauna in the Americas were greatly despised and seen as naïve forms of life by the Europeans. He once described how the things that surround an individual play an important role in that individual’s development. He believes that ideal Americans are products of generations-old of cultural exchanges. And along that process of assimilation, native religion and portions of cultural identity “evaporated in the great distance it has to travel” (De Crevecoeur 51).

White

White was a naturalist, ecologist and a scientist. He studied different types of flora and ...

Re-wilding

Re-wilding can be defined as measures to increase the size of existing conservation areas, for instance, national parks, wildlife refuges as well as wilderness areas. Next is an attempt to link all isolated conservation areas through wildlife corridors into an interconnected wild lands network. The final aspect in re-wilding is the reintroduction of carnivores, for instance, eastern cougar and wolf in the case of North America. Re-wilding became an issue since several people were against it while others were for it. For instance, Donlan, a conservationist, supported re-wilding while Rubestein was against re-wilding since according to him, re-wilding of North ...