My Home Suva‚ Fiji Islands was my birthplace‚ I’ve lived there half my life. Being a dot on a globe‚ two separate islands on a map‚ and a small population‚ Fiji is surrounded with grains of sand and salty water. The beach was my playground. Precious memories were left behind when I had to move to a different country with my family‚ but the beach was a place never to be forgotten. The beach is my home where I explored‚ learned‚ and relaxed; it swept up my childhood to the shores as each tide pushes
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Geo Factsheet September 1996 Number 1 International Tourism International tourism is a common feature of many modern geography syllabuses and examination questions tend to focus on three main issues. 1. The size and nature of international tourism‚ including reasons for its variable rate of growth in different parts of the world. 2. The advantages and disadvantages of developing an international tourist industry. Here candidates need to be able to analyse tourism’s intertwined impacts
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Renee Alyanna de Leon IV- St. Arnold Janssen The island province of Bohol reinvigorates its tourism promotion with a campaign that is said to “go deep into the roots emotionally.” Its local government recently launched a tourism campaign with the slogan “Bohol: Heart the Islands‚ Truly Philippines.” The slogan points out that the island is at the center of the Philippines‚ being in the Central Visayas Region and Visayas being at the center of the country. It is also usually projected as a truly
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Caraga From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the municipality in the province of Davao Oriental‚ see Caraga‚ Davao Oriental. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008) Region XIII Caraga Region Map of the Philippines showing the location of Region XIII Country Philippines Island group Mindanao Regional center Butuan City Area
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Preface Bangladesh is largely ethnically homogeneous. Indeed‚ its name derives from the Bengali ethno-linguistic group‚ which comprises 98% of the population. Bengalis‚ who also predominate in the West Bengal province of India‚ are one of the most populous ethnic groups in the world. Variations in Bengali culture and language do exist of course. There are many dialects of Bengali spoken throughout the region. The dialect spoken by those in Chittagong and Sylhet are particularly
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Economic Zone and Freeport. It has a total land area of about 3‚000 ha. And about 2‚000 ha water area. The forest resource of the island is considered unique since five forest types can be found in the area namely: beach forest‚ molave forest‚ mangrove forest‚ dipterocarp forest‚ and mossy forest. The three trails on the island – Lagunzad‚ Leonardo and Siwangag – provide lifeenhancing and educational experiences. Beach at Cape Engaño identified by CNN as third of ten best beaches in the
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INTRODUCTION: This report of Country Environmental plans‚ Policies & programs Analysis (CEA) aims to assess Government’s future role and operational strategy in the environment sector and will also provide input to the Country Strategy and Action Plan (CSP). This CEA for 2005-2009 outlines the environmental issues that are most significant to the Bangladesh’s economy. It will also provide background information on the environmental constraints‚ needs and opportunities in Bangladesh. Over the given
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initiatives / energy conservation • Township safety initiative • Charitable contributions • Affordable housing • Work-life balance initiatives • Sports development & athletic talent advancement Volunteer projects in Malaysia: • Tree planting • Mangrove reforestation • Environmental awareness • Child protection - school holiday camps • Road safety awareness • Fundraising through sporting event The following diagram highlights some of the key CSR initiatives in Sime Darby’s countries of operations
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Legal and Institutional Framework Introduction The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992 recognized the entitlement of human beings to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature . The threshold of the Rio Declaration was the recognition of right to development and more importantly sustainable development. With the adoption of Rio‚ the global community committed to integrate environmental issues into mainstream
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plants have modified roots: Prop roots in mangrove Tubers in sweet potato and cassava Tubers are enlarge root or stem that acts as nutrient storage Aerial roots of the strangler fig tree Strangler fig use their roots to strangle their host to death Buttress roots large above ground roots surrounding the tree help to stabilize tall and large trees tropical trees generally have shallow roots due to poor nutrient soil. Pneumatophore roots of mangroves and bald cypress Help in gas exchange in
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