The Asean Regional Centre For Biodiversity Conservation

The Brazilian Rainforest is one of the most unique, vast, and diverse regions of the world. To get a general idea of the diversity of the Rainforest, it makes up a total of one-third of the world forests (more than four million square kilometers), it contains half of the total number of named species in the world (eighty-thousand plant species, 1,500 fish species, and one-forth of the 8,600 bird species), and is the world largest holder of genes (Library 138-139). To say the least, the Brazilian Rainforest is one of the most important natural resources we, as humans, know. It would seem that this knowledge, alone, would also make the Brazilian Rainforest one of the most protected land areas on Earth as well. However, the situation is

What is the difference between a threatened species, an endangered species, and an extinct species?

The beauty, majesty, and timelessness of a primary rainforest is indescribable. It is impossible to capture on film, to describe in words, or to explain to those who have never had the awe-inspiring experience of standing in the heart of a primary rainforest. Rainforests have evolved over millions of years to turn into the incredibly complex environments they are today. Rainforests represent a store of living and breathing renewable natural resources that for eons, by virtue of their richness in both animal and plant species, have contributed a wealth of resources for the survival and well-being of humankind. These resources have included basic food supplies, clothing, shelter, fuel, spices,

The article advocates for open access to all scientific articles. The article discusses the benefits to an open access system and the opportunities this form of research collection would provide. The article suggests that barriers will be removed, which will benefit science as a whole. Unfortunately, due to disagreements among financial models, there are those against open access. Questions to discuss in class: Are the benefits of making one’s individuals work freely available that advantageous to the individual scientist? As

Meanwhile, Australia has recognized the significance of ASEAN in assuring Australia’s foreign regional and domestic security. There are certain institutions such as the East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum (Harvey, 2015). In recent years, Australia has worked robustly with the EAS to ensure its security and interests are protected. In return, the EAS has not only supported in regional security but it also has

This is bad because for cloning to occur because cloning is essential copying the DNA strands so the telomeres can be deleted. When amino acids are deleted that changes the sequence and that leads to many disorders. Biodiversity is very important because it provides better health to all species. In the novel, Brave New World, a character named Bernard was made just like everyone else but he still didn’t turn out like everyone else. “He stood eight inches centimeters short of a standard Alpha height and was slender in proportion” (Huxley, 64), this shows that just because something is done to follow procedure, it doesn’t prove that the genetically engineered organism is bound to be fit for its environment.

When people read science articles, it’s assumed that all the data calculated comes from the publishers themselves, but that’s not the case anymore. Many people are beginning to become more involved in a plethora of projects near their neighborhoods, and by doing so are giving scientist more data that can hopefully create change and have an effect on their ongoing projects. In 1990, in a Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, this act was given a name (Haven, Henderson 1). Citizens Science, the idea that “all walks of life [could] participate in the scientific process and help advance knowledge in a wide range of scientific disciplines” is one of the many definitions for this and is clearly influencing many projects in different

After decades of indigenous people fighting for a voice through local, national and international organizations, the government has started to pass some legislation supporting the protection of certain environmental and cultural territories. A key area in the fight against oil and in the support of indigenous communities is the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve. The Yasuní biosphere reserve was created to protect the biodiversity in the Amazon and the homes of the indigenous people. The goals of the Yasuní nature reserve are to conserve natural resources and protect indigenous communities. Despite this fact, human activities have destroyed the environment and not many laws have been created to protect the communities in the jungle.

Tropical rainforest contains the major biodiversity of any biome. Global warming scenario is affecting the diversity of the population of the tree frog population. Due to climate changes, the frog is unable to adjust to new climate which resumes in population decrease.

There is an abundance of atrocities facing the modern world that we live in, but one of the most important and critically pressing of these atrocities is often overlooked. The very ecosystems and resources that we rely so heavily on for the success of our global economies are being exploited at a rate that will have catastrophic consequences on the future of our economic success, as well as drive a large portion of the worlds biodiversity into extinction. Among the most prevalent case of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss includes the rapid deforestation and loss of biodiversity that is caused by the production of palm oil in the South Asian countries Indonesia and Malaysia. Many may argue that this rapid deforestation is simply due to the rapidly growing global population, whereas many others view this issue as the effect of greed and consumerism that surrounds a capitalistic market. The production of this forest risk commodity is responsible for the absurd rate of deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia, has a profoundly negative effect on the biodiversity located in Indonesia and Malaysia, and can best be explained from a political economy standpoint.

Abstract. Biodiversity is a variety of life and it is important to maintain biodiversity because it provides everyone’s needs for food source, water source and shelter. Currently, Georgia Gwinnett College expanding with construction around the area, will this cause a disturbance where the campus will not be able to have biodiversity or having some disturbance can increase it? The research measured biodiversity in 5 different places around campus, these locations varying levels of disturbance and resources. After analysis, it was determined that sites further away from the stream at the downstream location had less biodiversity, and that the GGC site location had more biodiversity than both of the stream locations, which may be due to more diverse habitats with the location, or sharing more transition areas with areas of higher disturbance.

Throughout the world, conflicts over environmental issues abound. As technology progresses and our world continues to become more interconnected, an understanding of the worldâs environmental crises is important and necessary for the well-being of both humankind and the environment. This paper addresses and comments on the issues presented in the following books: Ecology of an African Rain Forest by Thomas T. Struhsaker, Green Guerillas edited by Helen Collinson, NIMBY Politics in Japan by S.Hayden Lesbirel, Where Environmental Concerns and Security Strategies Meet by James A. Winnefeld and Mary E. Morris, and Innovations in International Environmental Negotiation edited by Lawrence E. Susskind, William Moomaw and Teresa L. Hill.

Professor of natural resource economics at Columbia University, Scott Barrett, is responsible for producing ‘Environment & statecraft: The strategy of environmental treaty-making’, a book that in his words, “develops a theory of how states can cooperate in protecting their shared environmental resources ” and should utilised to analyse the successfulness of agreements and treaties. What sets this text apart is not his presentation of newly founded information, but rather the craftful piecing together of what Barret labels “disparate ideas” of economic/game theoretic approaches to international cooperation and “to combine and package them in a coherent fashion” (p.358). This is not to suggest that Barrett did not include his unique findings however. Barrett persistently brought to light seemingly original examinations into specific factors influencing poor successful examples of cooperation. This approach results in an extensively scoping survey that highlights the dominant themes in a fashion that allows the information to be accessible and feasibly consumable to any audience willing to follow the core models and is also analytically robust. Notably Barrett put an intensive focus, not only on theory but on how the theory was could be applied in practice. Barrett does this as international cooperation in theory should “provide an approach for the conduct of policy”, and “practitioners need to think deeply about these problems” (p 358). The combination of the ideas and themes

Citizen science is not a new concept. There have been historic instances of large groups of volunteers participating in scientific data collection, such as the National Audubon Society annual Christmas bird count in 1900 (Bonney, Cooper, Dickinson, Kelling, Phillips, Rosenberg, Shirk, 2009, p. 977). The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a citizen science program, which has been in operation since 1966. Each year over 200,000 citizen scientists contribute to ongoing research each year. Over 60 research papers, since 1997, have been published, using results derived from data received from participants in various programs (Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2014).

Biodiversity loss can lead to extinction, and hurt human life. It is our responsibility to take care of the environment. We bring in machines that harm the environment and destroy animal life. We need to limit ourselves on how much land and resources we consume. There are major issues that are causing species to become extinct and hurt our way of life and other animals do to the change in food chain.