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Evolution of Social Welfare Policy in the United States

insurance approach to public welfare" (Historical development). That is, these public programs would "ensure that protection was a...

In Favor of Zero Tolerance Drug Policy in High School

in which "many public schools have adopted a policy of zero tolerance toward drug use, weapon possession and sexual harassment on ...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND HR POLICIES

Discusses HR policies to prevent sexual harassment. Bibliography lists 3 sources....

The Army Today and Homosexuality

leave it to the Obama administration to resolve the long-controversial issue" (Branig, 2009). What this essentially means is that ...

The Soviet Foreign Policy of Ronald Reagan

In 1980, former actor and two-time governor of California Ronald Reagan took the world stage as he opposed Jimmy Carters reelectio...

THE EU, POLICIES AND GLOBAL TRADE

and trade on the global market. In the first scenario above, fining the cartel sent a signal that cartels, with fixed prices, woul...

Overview of Coral Reef Ecology

In twelve pages the ecosystem of coral reefs are considered in an overview in which predation, adverse effect factors, and symbios...

Consequences of Destroying Wetlands

wetlands (Adler 1). The indiscriminate destruction of wetlands is having a devastating impact upon life and the environment, with...

Cod Collapse

unclear. Years ago, it was believed that overfishing was the culprit. Particularly after the "factory boats" arrived and indiscr...

The Farm As A Natural Habitat

point out that the little bit of nature that is left is being consistently squeezed out and pesticides spread beyond the crops the...

Marine and Freshwater Habitats

Great blue herons and osprey are a common site in both types of marshes as is a large variety of small songbirds (Burt, 2007). ...

The Economics of Ecosystems in 2010

variability of the cause over time, and controllability, whether the cause is under control of attributer or others. All 3 dimensi...

Invasive Species and the Environment

located there-are not good for that environment. This paper discusses the ecological nature of this problem and possible solutions...

Ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains

a massive amount of yearly snowfall (Cameron, 2005). The alpine ecosystem has an even colder climate with fewer trees, but a much ...

The Tremendous Value of Coral Reefs and the Threats They Must Withstand

This paper emphasizes the danger that mankind presents in regard to our impacts on our world’s coral reefs. Even seeming simple va...

Marine Ecosystems

(Juda and Hennessey, 2001, p. 43). The LMEs are large areas, approximately "200,000 km2 or larger, characterized by distinct bathy...

Importance of Rain Forest/Coral Reef

holds that by destroying ancient old growth forests, such as the one slated for destruction in this case, we are essentially depri...

Man, Trophic Level, and Environmental Impacts

of a particular ecosystem. The food chain, of course, starts with plants and those are eaten by herbivores and omnivores. Plants...

Climate, Topography, and Pollution: Battle Creek, Michigan

high levels of air pollution from the various industrial activities around Battle Creek, the result is that the precipitation that...

Monkey Eating Eagle of the Philippines

Noting how the Monkey-eating eagle requires "a contiguous territory in excess of 100 square kilometers of advanced second growth a...

Human Development, and Macro, Micro, and Meso Forces

are considered to lie at the macro and meso levels (Elson, 1995). The wrong policies, at either the national or institutional lev...

Overview of Grassland

The decline of certain plant and animal populations that dwell in the grasslands is due to several reasons, not the least of which...

Adaptation to Desert Life

that its water source is locked within the ice structures. Therefore, there are two distinctly separate entities of life forms th...

A 'Down Under' Overview of Australia

in community property, that they and their ancestors own the land collectively and share its fruits in perpetuity" (pp. 11). Howe...

The Current Problem of Air Pollution

5 pages and 4 sources. This paper considers the nature of the problem of air pollution and the variety of types. This paper rela...

North and South Ecosystems

In five pages ecosystems are defined and north and south facing slopes are compared and described. Three sources are cited in the...

Northern and Southern Ecosystems

The boundaries of an ecosystem are usually defined by the person studying it. Ecosystems tend to interconnect, so it is often diff...

An Overview of New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns

The writer provides an overview of Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, and their geography and geology. The writer argues that the caver...

Coral Reefs, Desert Habitats, and Convergent Evolution

In five pages the topic of convergent evolution is examined in terms of its effects upon desert habitats and coral reef ecosystems...

State of the World Annual Report Produced by the Worldwatch Institute

This annual Worldwatch Institute's 'State of the World' report is examined in four pages in which the ecosystems of the earth and ...