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NationMaster - Maps of the world (4,118 country maps) - 0 views

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  • Click on the map to view the full size version. Some browsers (and connections) can't get all the maps in one pageload. If that's the case, refresh the page.
  • Thomas C on 06 May 10
     
    Maps!! And plenty of them. I think we could defiantly use this page!!!!!
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Girls' education in Afghanistan :: News from the Field :: Media Center :: U.S. Fund for... - 0 views

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  • These days, it takes more than textbooks and pencils to be a schoolgirl in Afghanistan—it also takes tremendous bravery and tenacity.
    • Thomas C
      Thomas C on 06 May 10
       
      A lot different from our own education
  • Thomas C on 06 May 10
     
    This proves it! UNICEF DO work in Afghanistan!!!!!!
  • Thomas C on 06 May 10
     
    Nice work guys

http://www.uwcsea.edu.sg/page.cfm?p=1326 - 1 views

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Rainforest Destruction - 0 views

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  • The immediate causes of rainforest destruction are clear. The main causes of total clearance are agriculture and in drier areas, fuelwood collection. The main cause of forest degradation is logging. Mining, industrial development and large dams also have a serious impact. Tourism is becoming a larger threat to the forests.
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      A little useful for my Q4
    • jack parker
      jack parker on 04 May 10
       
      useful for my exibition
    • Shaian R
      Shaian R on 16 Sep 09
       
      How can we save the rainforest from destrution
  • The creation of national parks has undoubtedly helped to protect rainforests. Yet, as national parks are open to the public, tourism is damaging some of these areas. Often, national parks are advertised to tourists before adequate management plans have been developed and implemented. Inadequate funding is allocated for preservation of forests by government departments. Governments see tourism as an easy way to make money, and therefore tourism is encouraged whilst strict management strategies are given far less government support. Ecotourism, or environmentally friendly tourism, should educate the tourists to be environmentally aware. It should also be of low impact to its environment. Unfortunately, many companies and resorts who advertise themselves as eco-tourist establishments are in fact exploiting the environment for profit. In Cape Tribulation, Australia, for example, the rainforest is being threatened by excessive tourism. Clearing for roads and pollution of waterways are two of the major problems in this area. The Wet Tropics Management Authority which oversees the surrounding World Heritage Area is promoting tourism to the area before any management plans have been formulated, before any effective waste management strategy has been devised and before any ecofriendly power alternatives have been fully explored.
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      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Possibly useful for my Q4
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  • The immediate causes of rainforest destruction are clear. The main causes of total clearance are agriculture and in drier areas, fuelwood collection. The main cause of forest degradation is logging. Mining, industrial development and large dams also have a serious impact. Tourism is becoming a larger threat to the forests.
  • 5 Large Dams In India and South America, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests have been destroyed by the building of hydro-electric dams. It was the dominant view that new dams had to be built or otherwise these countries would suffer an energy crisis. However, a recent study by the World Bank in Brazil has shown that 'sufficient generating capacity already exists to satisfy the expected rise in demand for power over the medium term, provided that the energy is used more efficiently' (WRM). The construction of dams not only destroys the forest but often uproots tens of thousands of people, destroying both their land and their culture. The rates of waterborne diseases increase rapidly. Downstream ecosystems are damaged by dams which trap silt, holding back valuable nutrients. Reduced silt leads to coastal erosion. The sheer weight of water in dams has in Chile, Zimbabwe, and Greece led to earthquakes. The irrigation and industrial projects powered by dams lead to further environmental damage. Irrigation leads to salination of soils and industry leads to pollution. Solutions: Aid organisations like the World Bank have traditionally favoured spectacular large-scale irrigation and hydro-electric projects. In all cases when such projects are proposed, there has been massive opposition from local people. Reform of the World Bank and other such organisations, and support for campaigns against large-scale dams is needed.
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Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat - New York Times - 0 views

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  • These studies for the first time take a detailed, comprehensive look at the emissions effects of the huge amount of natural land that is being converted to cropland globally to support biofuels development. The destruction of natural ecosystems — whether rain forest in the tropics or grasslands in South America — not only releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere when they are burned and plowed, but also deprives the planet of natural sponges to absorb carbon emissions. Cropland also absorbs far less carbon than the rain forests or even scrubland that it replaces.
  • jack parker on 04 May 10
     
    bio fuels
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Rich and Poor Countries | The Equality Trust - 0 views

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  • More equal societies spend a higher proportion their income on overseas aid and perform better on the Global Peace Index.
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Hans Rosling | Profile on TED.com - 0 views

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  • Even the most worldly and well-traveled among us will have their perspectives shifted by Hans Rosling. A professor of global health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, his current work focuses on dispelling common myths about the so-called developing world, which (he points out) is no longer worlds away from the west. In fact, most of the third world is on the same trajectory toward health and prosperity, and many countries are moving twice as fast as the west did.What sets Rosling apart isn't just his apt observations of broad social and economic trends, but the stunning way he presents them. Guaranteed: You've never seen data presented like this. By any logic, a presentation that tracks global health and poverty trends should be, in a word: boring. But in Rosling's hands, data sings. Trends come to life. And the big picture — usually hazy at best — snaps into sharp focus.
  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    Great video talks on poverty -- and great data visualizations
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Literacy Rates of the World - 0 views

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  • Literacy Rates of the World
  • Literacy Rates of the World
  • Literacy Rates of the World
  • Thomas C on 03 May 10
     
    "Literacy Rates of the World"
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One Year After Storm, Myanmar Opens a Bit - 0 views

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  • One Year After Storm, Myanmar Opens a Bit New York Times, The (NY) - Friday, May 1, 2009 Author: THE NEW YORK TIMES Abstract: Life in Myanmar has settled back into some of its familiar rhythms after cyclone Nargis struck in May 2008; United Nations officials, aid workers and foreign diplomats in Myanmar say that since storm increase in humanitarian aid may have opened breach in hard political wall around country; junta now readily accepts air shipments of foreign aid, even from West; map; photo (M)
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Instant Architecture for China's Earthquake Victims - 0 views

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  • This May, a massive earthquake rocked Sichuan Province in China. Reaching a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale, it claimed the lives of 400,000 people. Half a year later, though the destruction seems to have lost its newsworthiness, the reconstruction is still very much a reality. However, it doesn’t have to be hopeless! How about a temporary shelter made of paper? In Chengdu city in Sichuan, students from Japanese banlab, architect Shigeru Ban’s research center, and the Hironori Matsubara Lab at Keio University used cardboard tubes to build temporary school buildings. Today, PingMag talks with Wataru Doi, the director of this student project, about the role of architecture after disasters.
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Environment: Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops | Environment | The Gu... - 0 views

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  • Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers. The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays, creating steam to drive turbines to generate electricity.
  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    "Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers. The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays, creating steam to drive turbines to generate electricity. "
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The Cove Movie: Welcome - 0 views

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  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    Documentary re covert mission to uncover dolphin slaughter in a cove in Japan -- came out in 2009 -- has won many awards -- and the annual September slaughter did not occur because of the effect of this film.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): The animal rights organization - 0 views

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  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 2 million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns."
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Al-Qaeda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Thomas C on 03 May 10
     
    I know I'm not doing terrorism, but this IS useful to my inquiry.
  • Thomas C on 03 May 10
     
    How is the reserch coming on.
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Taliban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • In 1996, Osama bin Laden moved to Afghanistan from Sudan.
    • Thomas C
      Thomas C on 03 May 10
       
      Osana bin Laden and hiss organization, Al-Quada, was already held responsible for several terrerist attacks, including the dreadful 9/11 attacks on the world trade centure and the Pentagon.
  • According to Human Rights Watch, bombings and other attacks which have led to civilian casualties are reported to have "sharply escalated in 2006" with "at least 669 Afghan civilians were killed in at least 350 armed attacks, most of which appear to have been intentionally launched at non-combatants.
    • Thomas C
      Thomas C on 03 May 10
       
      Who is doing the human rights for their exhibition? This might be useful to you.
  • Thomas C on 03 May 10
     
    Hey guys!!
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RDA Singapore | Riding for the Disabled Association - 0 views

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  • the website for the Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore. Read about the free therapeutic horseridng we offer to the disabled in Singapore
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Save the Children Official Site: Creating Lasting Change for Children in Need - 0 views

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  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    non-profit working on behalf of children in the US and 41 other nations
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