Thesis Statement This essay seeks to discuss the World Bank’s Land Conservation Project in Kenya, a project that was funded by the World Bank and resulted in problems for the country. It seeks to go in depth into if the World Bank’s assistance is provided in an unbiased and responsible manner. Introduction The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital programs. The World Bank Group has set two goals for the world to achieve
Ocelot Endangerment in Texas Zoë Steele 1184042 The leopardus pardalis, or the ocelot, also known as the dwarf leopard, has been endangered since 1982 and is protected by the Endangered Species Act (FWS, 2010). Ocelots have been declared a federally endangered species (Tewes, 2001). They are native to South and Central America as well as Mexico (FWS, 2010). Texas is a far north as the wild cat has been found, but a few have been noted to have lived in Arizona and Louisiana in the past (Campbell
immigrants. The money also paid for signs in English and Spanish to identify dumping sites, also gloves, visors, safety vest, and containers for people to clean up the sites. (Davis, 2005) The litter can be very damaging and dangerous to our natural wildlife and natural resources. The litter is also harmful to people as well. The government has estimated that 2000 tons of waste is what immigrants dump each year. (Davis, 2005) What makes migrant waste a problem is that waste is scattered in remote areas
Those in agreement with opening the area as a wildlife preserve that will be accessible by the general public are the DOE and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). As of right now the Refuge is planning to open for the summer of 2018 and the building of the visitor facilities is anticipated to begin in the winter of 2017. The plan for the year-round Refuge is that it will consist of 20 miles of trails that will be accessible to hikers, bikers, and horseback riders [4]. The map of the proposed
Plaintiffs Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon consisted of various landowners, logging companies, and timber workers in the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast, collectively referred to here as "Sweet Home”. Defendant Fish and Wildlife Director, Department of Interior, Secretary Bruce Babbitt 's interpretation of the ESA and his characterization of the word “harm”. Facts of the Case and Business Reasons for the Dispute According to United State Department of Justice, the plaintiffs
1940 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is created from the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey. 1946 Interior's General Land Office and Grazing Service are merged into the Bureau of Land Management. 1977 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is established to oversee state regulation of strip coal mining
the serious issue with wildlife endangerment. More than 100 million animals are killed each year. Some are simply killed by hunters which essentially can be debated but the majority are killed for chemical testing used in biology labs and climate change. We, as a society, need to act to start protecting the wildlife throughout the world. I believe that this is an important issue because by protecting nature’s animals, we are enriching the earth. When we take care of wildlife, it helps keep water clean
created this rule upon “review of the best available scientific and commercial information.” Thus, if the rule is to be finalize, the effect would expand the Act’s protections to this bee species by placing it on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. The proposed rule begins by explaining the procedures the agency must follow under its enabling act, the Endangered Species Act, as amended (“Act”). The Act requires the USFWS to promptly publish in the Federal Register upon finding a species
community service can help us understand ourselves and see things more clearly. Community service allows us to labor away at the dirt covering us and realize that we can shine more than ever before by deflecting the attention off ourselves and onto someone else for them to glow. In response, the mirror of ourselves, lit by the illumination of others surrounding us so by our service we benefit ourselves and thus, push away the darkness of our own self-centeredness. To me, community service means people
1.0 Introduction To study the ecotourism in Kenya, this report was written. Ecotourism is a travel to protected areas that attempts to be low impact and small scale. It helps to educate the traveller, provide funds for conservation, directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities, and cultivate respect for different cultures and for human rights (Honey 2008, 33). However, the concept evolved to encompass considerably more than simply “nature-based travel”