With Reference to Case Studies, Critically Evaluate the Success of Management Schemes in Fragile Environments

Ecosystems is the dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment that work together to form a functional unit and they are constantly changing due to the fluctuating equilibrium from natural stress and human action which has had adversarial impacts on ecosystems. This is evident in Minnamurra rainforest as human induced modifications and environmental stresses had resulted in a vulnerable ecosystem. Furthermore, the removal of factors that contribute to the vulnerability of an ecosystem is important as it affect the functioning of the ecosystem as processes are accelerated, biodiversity is decreased which greatly affects humans. Despite the negative effects caused by humans, they have discovered that ecosystems are susceptible from harm caused by natural environmental factors or human impacts and realised the importance of protecting and managing ecosystems therefore have implemented management strategies that are supposed to prevent further detriment and as a consequence may induce resiliency.

In starting my Independent Study on resilience, I have decided to break down my research into three phases; staring with gathering and reading information on the topic. I wanted to begin with a few articles that could provide a brief overview on the subject.

Risk and resilience is a key theme in child development. Children may face many risks such as poverty, abuse, divorce, exposure to disease, environmental disasters, or unstimulating daycare. Older children and teenagers face many of the same risks, plus risks associated with peer pressure and extra stressors. Most of the time, children do not face just one risk, as they often appear in clusters. Children and teenagers, though, are resilient; they are able to withstand their difficult situations and are able to recover from them (Bukatko & Daehler, 2012). Artist Mat Kearney uses this idea of risk and resilience by telling a story of a teenage girl dealing with the risks of peer pressure in his song “Girl America.” The article “Counteracting Depression and Delinquency in Late Adolescence” ties the two together using the concept of self-efficacy- one’s belief in one’s ability to succeed in a specific situation. The article is about a study on teens’ responses to risks in early adolescence to determine their resilience in their later adolescent years.

The Bengal tiger can be found in a few ecosystems such: tropical rainforest, mangrove swamps, and open grasslands (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, n.d.). The Bengal tiger is an apex predator and the majority of its interactions occur with its prey. As a solitary nocturnal predator it generally coexists with other predators except in stressful situations like food shortage. The Bengal tiger is a carnivore that preys on a variety of organisms such as: moose, deer, pigs, cows and other large bodied organisms. When they do feed they consume large amounts of meat at a time and only need to hunt about once a week. The loss of tiger population could result in an overabundance of herbivores; this overabundance of herbivores could in turn destroy the plant biodiversity by overfeeding (Global Tiger Initiative, n.d.). By keeping herbivore population in check tigers play a crucial role in sustaining the ecosystem. A negative interaction that tigers can be responsible for is human death. Although records of Bengal tigers hunting humans is rare, it still causes difficulties with nearby villages (Acharya, Paudel, Neupane & Kohl, 2016). This fear of Bengal tigers can make conserving them much more difficult as villagers may kill them in perceived self defense. Conservation is crucial because of the role they play in the

Do you have a plan in place for a tornado? It takes time to recover after a tornado, but it will be easier to recover if you have a plan in place. Below is a list of things that should be covered in your disaster recovery plan:

*A change in the project specifications after the freeze date was agreed up on in the contract. These changes created a domino effect of problems. This was in violation of the contract with BAE which stated there would be a number of freeze dates for mechanical design, software design, and permanent power.

was used to locate stakeholders in their place within the overall resilience structure. The stakeholders being the Resilience Team will be the primary mover in the project, the vulnerable will be the primary user, alongside the authorities, stranded visitors, carers and health workers, local groups, older residents and other volunteers

I believe I have gained resilience. I have recently decided to leave my full-time warehouse job for a part-time job so I could really focus on my last year and a half of college. I job paid fairly well but I was very unhappy. The job exhausted me with the mandatory overtime and long hours. I was often psychically and mentally drained. I felt like I had fallen into a circle that started and ended with every shift. I received so much negative feedback about my decision from coworkers, friends and even family. I think despite all of the negativity I was getting from the people in my circle, I knew this was the best decision for me. I finally decided to do what was best for me without letting other people's opinions affect my decision. I don't

The author in this article talks about the concept of resiliency and how it can help the field of genetics to identify protective factors in people diagnosed with serious diseases. There are 13 individuals who have been identified somewhere in the world as having the gene for a serious disease and yet have managed to live healthy lives without symptoms of the disease. This is how the “Resilience project” was first created. Researchers are interested in finding out what do these resilient individuals possess that is serving as a protective factors and how can science build on it so that we can have a better grasp in designing treatments and protocols for genetic serious diseases.

The devastating damage and impact Hurricane Harvey had on the Houston happened several months ago, yet there are still countless problems the Houston area is still facing. One of these problems that is described in this article is the delay in obtaining the $10 billion that was approved by Congress to be used for long-term flood recovery. Currently, that money has not reached local governments in Texas, which is causing homeowners and other investors to be in a state of speculation and uncertainty. Leaders in communities throughout Texas are contemplating various methods that could remove individuals from homes in the flood risk areas such as using eminent domain or canceling flood insurance policies. These measures are being considered because leaders are concerned they are missing out on possible buyout opportunities.

When faced with severe and extreme circumstances, most people tend to adapt and achieve some balance in their lives, this has been called “resilience” (Bonanno, 2004). Despite nuances in the concept of of resilience, there is a general consensus to define it as a phenomenon or process that reflects a relative positive adaptation despite contexts of risks significant adversity, or trauma (Luthar, 2006). Whereas some experts consider thet, after having undergone an adverse experience, especially in old age, maintaining one’s physical and cognitive functions are sufficient indicators of resilience ( Greve and Staudinger, 2006), other investigators believe that, in order to consider a response resilient, there should be “improvement” or “growth”

Teachers hope to build positive interactions with their students, in order for them to help aid their students through difficult experiences we go through in life. There are three stances children take for developing resilience: I Have, I Am, and I Can. These are three different strategies that teachers have access to, to increase resiliency in their students.

Year after year the project deadline kept on getting pushed back until in April 2005 and one hundred and seventy million dollars later, the project was cancelled.

A variety of wildlife still survived till the latter part of the 19th century despite the rapid depletion of habitat. Hunter records "Tigers, leopards, rhinoceros, wild buffaloes, wild hogs, wild cats, barasinga, spotted deer, hog deer, barking deer, and monkeys are the principal varieties of wild animals found in Sundarban"2 in 1875. But the events of the next

Amitav Ghosh presents us Sundarbans which is also known as the tide country, with its complex topography and endangered flora and fauna. This UNESCO world heritage site which comprises the delta region of Padma, Meghna and Brahmaputra river basins, is a unique forest, with its stubborn coastal mangroves. Sundarbans is home to numerous threatened and endangered species of animals, birds and reptiles. A part of Sundarbans is a Reserve area for the famous Royal Bengal Tigers and its brackish water serves as home for the endangered Orcaella too. Such an ecologically rich yet sensitive area is under heavy toll, as it offers