Daniel Nepstad's team did a field survey, including 1,593 interviews with wood mill operators and landlords ("Sci/Tech Amazon forest," 1999). ... The Woods Hole Research Center's study shows that the Amazon forests are being destroyed at twice the rate as the Brazilian authorities first believed ("Amazon forest loss," 1999). ... To finish with the results, "Amazon's wealth of biodiversity is being threatened by sustainable logging, over fishing, oil and gas excursions and large-scale development projects ("The Amazon," 2002, p. 1)." ... One more difficulty to fight through i...

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I want to scream at her about how f-ing stupid this is, spending two weeks in the woods. ... " The anxiety, anger, and fear coursing through this troubled teenager are likely mirrored in many young adults. ... Today, there are over forty active Wilderness Therapy programs in the U.S. with over 10,000 adolescents served annually by the programs. ... Thus students receive a broader and arguably more effective treatment experience than allowed through traditional means. ... Daily experiences could include anything from river rafting, mountain biking, rock climbing, working with horses, prim...

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These poisonous chemicals mix with the water used to irrigate the farms and seep through the ground, contaminating the underground water-table. ... Use of less automobiles and switching over to natural gases from petrol and diesel can reduce pollution to a huge extent. ... Biodiversity is interconnected through natural cycles or web of life. ... Deforestation- mindless cutting down of forests, reduces the byproducts that we get from trees- wood, paper, gum, fruits and even shelter, and also increases global warming. ... This is because: "When we have cut down the last tree, polluted the l...

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During chapter 24, Walton takes over telling the story, and again Shelley uses epistolary form for him to do this, as Walton is again writing to his sister. ... Before Frankenstein created the monster his "thirst for knowledge" was inspiring, and when he moved to Ingolstadt he had already amassed knowledge to build on, but now, after he creates the monster, this scientific discovery caused regret and another zealous task to destroy his previous zenith of discovery, much like the fall from heaven of Lucifer, who tried to topple God from his throne of power, thus becoming the Devil and ruling ov...

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With slaves spread over a vast region it was difficult to find a suitable female partner, many slaves died in the early years without ever doing so. ... The whites feared these people because of their strong influence over the slaves and tried everything they could think of to abolish the "heathen" ritual punishing anyone they found practicing, however, the Obeah remained an influential figure in African slave life. ... As in America the Obeah exerted a great deal of power and influence over the slave population and plantation owners in the Caribbean feared these charismatic religious leaders ...

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Some of these people have lived their entire lives involved in stopping environmental degradation through books, articles, and some have taken part in demonstrations. ... Carson was working as a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in Falmouth, Massachusetts when she began writing her books. ... The causes of their illnesses were because of the over use of the chemicals to control the nature around them. ... Her studies lead her to the conclusion that "Fields were frequently doused with pesticides and industrial plants located on the banks of the Illinois River emitted ...

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Some of these people have lived their entire lives involved in stopping environmental degradation through books, articles, and some have taken part in demonstrations. ... Carson was working as a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in Falmouth, Massachusetts when she began writing her books. ... The causes of their illnesses were because of the over use of the chemicals to control the nature around them. ... Her studies lead her to the conclusion that "Fields were frequently doused with pesticides and industrial plants located on the banks of the Illinois River emitted ...

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Some of these people have lived their entire lives involved in stopping environmental degradation through books, articles, and some have taken part in demonstrations. ... Carson was working as a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in Falmouth, Massachusetts when she began writing her books. ... The causes of their illnesses were because of the over use of the chemicals to control the nature around them. ... Her studies lead her to the conclusion that "Fields were frequently doused with pesticides and industrial plants located on the banks of the Illinois River emitted ...

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Although this is true, many people in society refute this argument with the fact that the creature did not go through the birthing process, and simply woke up a grown adult. ... In addition, to make sure this creature was not just another cyborg, one must only look at the incident by the river stream. The creature is making his way through the woods when the sound of a little girl running alarms him and he panics to hide himself. The girl slips and falls into the river which alarms him to help her out, but his appearance would doom his noble deed. ... The creature has a sense of feeling that r...

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