I have researched studies that tackle how the community gives importance to the urban biodiversity. Although I cannot show all the actions made by different city and other urban places, it represents that even small community can do something to improve and conserve the biodiversity in the urban. I have only researched notable actions made by city officials. One of these is the Singapore which is relatively small in terms of land area compared to other countries.
When it comes to discovering new species, the urban is always full of surprises. In the land of Singapore, a lot of biologists are delighted because of the discoveries found there. Because of that, Singapore takes the biodiversity more seriously than any other city in the world. Its tropical location becomes a biological advantage that helps build a connection between the urban place and the natural environment. To make their land look more habitable and luring, the Singaporeans think of fostering plants, animal, and even marine creatures. This move became successful as they launched a 40-hectare marine park. The marine park is enclosed with parcels of land and
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The said study uses a bird as a bio-indicator. They used birds because they are easier to notice to the public. It also proposes a merge between the two current methods, the i-Tree and the e-Bird for keeping traces of the natural world. The i-Tress is a software designed by the US Forest Service and is used by the organizations around the world to record data of cover areas of trees in urban areas while e-Bird, that was made by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is a checklist system that enables a large number of birds around the world to log their observations into a central database. The merging of these two soft wares helps the researches to identify which trees can be characterized as a bird
Even though the lake was created for this purpose, it rapidly became a tourist attraction. Although most of the shoreline is privately owned, 17,500 acres was set aside at the beginning for a national park. This part of the shore is now owned by Lake of the Ozarks State Park, which is the biggest state park
The potential effects on the environment and ecosystems with the birds ' continued demised were simply ignored. And with that, Alderman allows the chefs to get the last say, concluding the article on a lighter tone about the importance of occasional
For this assignment I decided to visit one of my favorite spots in San Diego, Balboa Park. This park has a rich history with an enduring mission of conservation. In addition to the more popular museum area, the park hosts a wide range of biodiversity, in particular a wide range of plant life. Within a few meters of busy city streets and highways, guests of the park can explore numerous trails among towering trees and extensive shrubs. During my run through the park I noticed different signs from groups who work to protect and enhance the ecosystem of the park.
Individuals who live in urban communities and work "nine-to-five employments" may experience difficulty understanding that the sustenance they eat and the air they inhale is every one of the a piece of wild, and it ought to be saved so that all who come after can understand the excellence that it holds. On page thirteen of his article Cronon expresses, "We and our kids will from now on live in a biosphere totally changed by our own movement, a planet in which the human and regular can never again be recognized. " This quote implies that nature two thousand years prior is distinctive then today, a recreation center amidst urban high rises is considered nature contrasted with miles of untouched woodland abounding with
Natural selection is seen in the finches that Darwin studied on the Galapagos Islands. Environment and food supply changes caused the finches beaks to adapt in a unique way. Studies on Darwin’s finches show us that natural selection in a natural environment is interpretable, observable, and repeatable (Grant, 2003). Natural selection is representable in different types of birds such as the Island Scrub-jay. A study published in 2015 on these Island Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma insularis) demonstrates examples of natural selection.
In the testimony before the House Committee on the Public Lands on June 1913, Pinchot (an advocate for conservationists) stated that “the use of the park will be enormously increased” (Pinchot and Raker 2). This means the the ability to have multiple use of the land can allow the government to create more than just an attraction site, but also create activities and different things people can do there for a price. Also in the testimony before the House Committee on the Public Lands on June 1913, Pinchot also stated that “the national park will be visited by a very large number of people who cannot visit them now” (Pinchot and Raker). This gives government the opportunity to make money, because people would pay money in order to see the beauty of the land now that it is cleared up.
1.0 Introduction 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this report is to investigate the impacts of urban development on biodiversity at stumers creek dog beach. This report will include data collected from the creek including; water samples, soil samples and animal and excrement surveys in order to determine the health of the environment. 1.2 Location Stumers Creek is located in Coolum Beach, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia. The sub catchment of Stumers Creek covers an area of 13km2.
Oceans are peaceful, majestic, and filled with amazing and vibrant color. A lot of the prostown beauty in oceans can be credited to coral reefs. Lately though, natural coral reefs have been dying for various reasons, and some people believe that artificial reefs can help not only the natural reefs, but other surrounding ecosystems in their environment. Various articles use rhetorical techniques in hopes of enhancing their articles about whether or not artificial reefs are helping or harming the oceans. The first article, “Concern Lingers on Success of Artificial Reefs”, was written by Charles Q. Choi, and for Live Science, looks at both the pro and con side of artificial reefs.
The findings of this project must however been subjected to some scrutiny as the plots were situated in disturbed areas of savannah. This could have a direct effect on the number of species in the area and therefore greatly change the conclusion of this research. However, the biome the plot was situated was still savannah and thus adequate conclusions can still be drawn from the
Introduction As the world’s population continues to migrate and live in urban areas, planners, engineers, and politicians have an important role to ensure that they are livable and sustainable. But what defines an urban area and what makes it so attractive? In my opinion, urban areas are places that consist of a variety of land uses and buildings, where services and amenities are easily accessible to the general public, and includes an established multimodal transportation network. Also, it should be a place where people can play, learn, work, and grow in a safe and collaborative manner.
As Zoos demonstrate best practices in operating sustainable, enhancing exhibits to create acceptable homes for the animals in its care, showing important and impactful improvement to the overall zoological garden expertise, the zoo around the world serve to secure a future for each life and wild places. Thus, zoos are a productive and successful strategy for protecting endangered species
MPAS are important because they protect habitats such as coral reefs from destructive fishing practices. No-take zones allow
2.1 Urbanization and river water quality Due to movement of people from rural to urban areas, physical growth of the urban areas occurs, which ultimately leads to the urbanization, Over the past several years, river systems have always been extensively altered to meet various human demands, which led to them becoming the most intensively influenced ecosystems by human activities on the Earth (Nilsson, et al., 2005 )]. ‘’Among these human activities, the influence of urbanization on river systems was the most significant, and 60% of river systems were changed profoundly because of urbanization in the world’’ as cited by (Nilsson, et al., 2005 ) Recently, a number of studies have been done to understand the effects of urbanization on river water quality. The study manifested on Pearl River Delta Economic Zone is in China, that there is a positive correlation between the rapidity of urbanization and the pollution levels of urban river water.
Sustainable forest management requires three major criteria which are the maintenance of ecological processes within the forest (soil formation, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles (carbon, nutrient and hydrological cycles), maintenance of biodiversity of forest, improving the net social benefits derived from the mixture of forest uses within the constraints by considering the future. Forest provides habitats for more than half of the fauna and flora on the Earth (SCBD, 2001). Forest biome plays an important role in mitigating climate change by serving as carbon sinks (Hassan et al., 2005). Forest land is the most fundamental natural resources which become reduced mainly due to anthropogenic pressures. For proper management of land, it is essential to have information about existing land cover and about the naturalness of the land.
In recent decades, urban cities turned to become an attractive place for people from Different cultures to live in. This movement from different cultures to urban areas caused a significant change and development to urban cities and made it an extrovert area for different backgrounds. Cross (1989) defined culture as “ an integrated pattern of Human behavior that includes thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious, or social group”(p.7). Nowadays, we are living and socializing with different cultures and backgrounds in urban areas, which lead to a significant change in our life. I believe that living in a cultural diversity city make us more extrovert and creative