New Zealand’s forests are one of its greatest natural resources, holding significant financial, physical, and spiritual value (DOC, 2013). These forests provide a significant trading resource (Perry, Oren, & Hart, 2008), directly influence soil and flora quality (West, 2006), and contribute to the cultural health of Maori by enhancing their whakapapa (or ‘Connection’ with the land) (Gallagher & Te Atawhai o te Ao, 2011).
This resource, however, is under threat through poor management (Levack, Poole, & Bateson, 2006), over exploitation (MPI, 2003) and the operating conditions of the Forestry Industry (ACC, 2007). This assignment will examine the impact that deforestation may have on New Zealand, and possible models for rectifying the
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According to ACC reports, there were 200 serious injuries and fatalities in 2012, leading to a financial cost to ACC of $10 million dollars (ACC, 2014). The emotional cost of the death of a family member, is incalculable (Bowlby-West, 1983), and the resulting void may instigate feelings of ‘disbelief, shock and anger’ by the co-victims (family), especially without prior mental and emotional readiness (Clements, DeRanieri, Vigil & Benasutti, 2004), such as would occur if a family member died of a terminal illness. An example of this void can be observed in the case of Mr Charles Finlay of Tokoroa, who was one of twenty eight forestry workers to lose his life, in the workplace since 2008. (The New Zealand Herald, 2013). Finlay left behind a widow (Maryanne Butler- Finlay) with three children, as composed in Bowen, (2013), stating ‘That the family are struggling to get over the death and are undergoing grief counselling, also requiring time off school to recover from their shortfall’.
In addition to the hazards posed by the industry, there have been studies conducted that suggest mass deforestation of an area can result in a decrease in air
This map indicates information about the living forests model and identified 11 places with major deforestation fronts. These spots are the main places of the global deforestation are designed to take place over the two decades from 2010 to 2030. In Australia, About 70 % of the forests of Eastern Australia have been cleared or disturbed, these forests include temperate forests and rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland while only 18% is protected. Furthermore, the rates of forest loss between 3 to 6 million/ha during a period from 2010 to 2030. In addition, the most common pressures causing severe forest degradation and deforestation in Australia are livestock, unsustainable logging, agriculture colonization and
However, forests around the world are under threat from deforestation, jeopardizing these benefits. Deforestation comes in many forms, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change. This impacts people’s livelihoods and threatens a wide range of plant and animal species. Some 46-58 thousand square miles of forest are lost each year, which is equivalent to 36 football fields every minute.
Deforestation is the destruction of a wide area of forest land into a cleared land that is used for a variety of reasons. The impact on the environment from cutting down, burning and damaging forests is very detrimental and there are severe consequences for the environment and future generations because of deforestation. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization approximately 7.3 million hectares of forests are being destroyed per year in the world (Bradford, 2015). In this essay, I will explore the impact that deforestation on the environment and I will also look at the actions that are being taken to prevent deforestation. There are various reasons why deforestation is occurring despite its negative effects on the environment. Deforestation can cause very serious environmental problems such as climate change, flooding, loss of habitats as well as others.
The ecosystems supporting the Hawai’ian island’s have cradled me since I first laid eyes on this world, and nurtured me from the time I first began treading over its rugged surface. It wasn’t until my first semester at West Hawai’i Community College while taking a history class under Dr. Stevens, that I discovered our own local ecosystems are in danger of habitat loss. I had always heard about deforestation and the anthropogenic destruction of our environment, but never did I imagine such a beautiful and secluded place like Hawai’i, silently submitting to our neglect. Dr. Steven played a tremendous role in my commitment to restoring Hawai’i’s native ecosystems by orchestrating many restoration events, bringing out the community, and sparking an inner responsibility within me to preserve Hawai’i’s natural beauty.
In a campaign for Queensland Work Safe month Webcke describes the horrific experience of what it was like to loosing his father to a machinery accident over 21 years ago.
Grief is a personal adaptive reaction to the loss of a relationship or a serious attachment and it’s a process that takes time. Nicholas Wolterstorff in his book, Lament for a Son, narrated this grief process as he reflected on his son’s death. Provoked by death, grief can impede a person’s thought process and can take a heavy toll as they become emotionally labile (Brosche, 2003). In a healthcare setting, a nurse may experience grief after the death of a patient and often this emotion is masked and kept private. It is crucial for healthcare providers to recognize and deal with emotions appropriately to competently function in the workplace. This paper will examine the five stages of grief as defined by Kübler-Ross and how these stages are in parallel to Nicholas Wolterstorff’s grief process and how he eventually finds joy in understanding the significance of death.
Deforestation has lead to terrible living conditions and 38 species have been driven to extinction. John Vidal, author of “The Sumatran Rainforest Will Mostly Disappear Within 20 Years,” writes about the ways logging companies are getting past regulations to take more land and logs away from the forest and natives. Ian Sample, author of “Amazon’s Doomed Species Set to Pay Deforestation’s ‘Extinction Debt,’” on the other hand mostly talks about the affects deforestation has on animals. Vidal has the better argument over Sample because his explanations about its effects on humans and corruption from companies and the government.
2002. Loss and Grief. Basingstoke. Palgrave Walter, C.A & McCoyd, J.L. 2009. Grief and loss across the lifespan: A biopsychosocial perspective.
Deforestation in Australia What is the issue? Australia is among one of the wealthiest nations. It has a small population of almost 24million but has a high rate of extensive deforestation and degradation since the later 18th century during European settlement. Most of Australia, around 7.6million
“Ordinary people” everywhere are faced day after day with the ever so common tragedy of losing a loved one. As we all know death is inevitable. We live with this harsh reality in the back of our mind’s eye. Only when we are shoved in the depths of despair can we truly understand the multitude of emotions brought forth. Although people may try to be empathetic, no one can truly grasp the rawness felt inside of a shattered heart until death has knocked at their door. We live in an environment where death is invisible and denied, yet we have become desensitized to it. These inconsistencies appear in the extent to which families are personally affected by death—whether they
Deforestation is one of the most significant issues of our time; considerable measures must be taken to prevent further pillaging of our unique forest resource.
Rainforests have been declining rapidly over the last few decades. There are various factors responsible for this decline, resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it.
“For all children who search for those who are missing-may the grief pass on through and emerge into healing” (Fry preface). After a close relative dies, it may feel as though the pain will never leave. As a child, it may fell as if they were robbed of a life with the person who had died. These children will forever face the pain of loss even though it will lighten. Deaths have effects that can forever affect children. These children will have to face the cruel world of reality and they may feel as though they never truly and fully fit in again. Family deaths have major effects on children and can lead to mental disorders, but there are ways to cope and deal with the pain of grief and loss.
The rate of deforestation is increasing and the tropical forests are falling at approximately 140,000 acres per day (Miller & Tangley 1991: xvi). The forests are crucial to the environment. They are important in minimizing erosion, providing a stable habitat for many animals, and helping to keep the environment clean. Deforestation has devastating effects, not only on the biological dependents within the depleted forests, but also on the surrounding human-populated communities.
Deforestation is a major global problem with serious consequences to the planet. These consequences have a negative effect on the climate, biodiversity, the atmosphere and threatens the cultural and physical survival of life. Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. It has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area, so that now indigenous forests cover only 21% of the earth's land surface. The world Resources Institute regards deforestation as one of the worlds most pressing land use problem.