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The Tourism Dilemma

April 20, 2018 by agsconserve

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“One’s destination is never a place, but always a new way of seeing things.” - Henry Miller Eco-tourism is defined by the World Conservation Union as “Environmentally responsible travel to natural areas, in order to enjoy and appreciate nature that promotes conservation, have a low visitor impact and provide for…

Born to Be Wild: A Life in Captivity

April 16, 2018 by agsconserve

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What's the reality of being inside a zoo, for the animals and for the people who love and care for those animals? There's a lot of joy, and there's a lot of loss. -Thomas French Passionate debates between animal activists and zoo-lovers are constantly occurring on the argument if…

Animal Behavior, GIS, and Birds

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 by agsconserve

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“Birds make any place a chance for discovery, they make a garden seem wild, they are a little bit of wilderness coming into a city park, and for a bird watcher, every walk is filled with anticipation. What feathered jewel might drop out of the sky next?” - David Sibley,…

Protecting Gorillas Against Humans

March 31, 2018April 3, 2018 by agsconserve

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“When you realize the value of all life you dwell less on past and concentrate more on the conservation of the future.” -Dian Fossey Human conflict provoked by war zone areas endanger not only the lives of humans but of the animals that inhabit the area. More than 70% of…

The Perils of Palm Oil

March 24, 2018March 27, 2018 by agsconserve

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Palm Oil is a type of edible vegetable oil that is derived from the palm fruit that originated from West Africa and the use of it in the international market expanded significantly as a result of the British Industrial Revolution. Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand are the top three countries that…

What’s All the Buzz About?

March 17, 2018March 16, 2018 by agsconserve

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"To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few." (Emily Dickinson) The gentle buzz of a bee gliding on a lazy breeze in summer is a common spectacle observed from youth. …

Wilderness or Biospheres?

September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 by agsconserve

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As human populations continue to grow, conservationists have become more concerned about the state of our natural environment and how it will survive in the face of human activity. Everyday, all over the world, natural lands and wildlife are compromised for the purpose of human activity or resource extraction. Still,…

Planting Trees to Make India Pollution Free

July 7, 2017July 6, 2017 by agsconserve

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[caption id="attachment_1375" align="aligncenter" width="800"] More than 1.5 million volunteers helped plant trees along the Narmada River[/caption] More than 66 million trees were planted in just 12 hours by 1.5 million volunteers in India. This environmental campaign will beat the Guinness World Record held by India when 49.3 million trees were…

This Is The Plastic Island in the Pacific (Photos)

June 16, 2017June 17, 2017 by agsconserve

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[caption id="attachment_1200" align="alignright" width="565"] Plastics in our Oceans, Source: IranDaily[/caption] Since the introduction of plastics as a cheap and disposable alternative to metal, wood, and ceramic, the environment has suffered heavily from the influx of waste. Due to the nature of powerful carbon-to-carbon bonding in synthetic polymers, plastics decompose at…

Animal Kingdom: Ethical or Unethical?

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 by agsconserve

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For almost five decades, Disney Theme Parks attracts visitors from many countries around the world and Animal Kingdom, a branch of the world-famous parks, opened on Earth Day in 1998 in Orlando, Florida. With the recent expansion of the new site opening this week, Pandora – World of Avatar, Animal…

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