Academic papers on Environmental Issues & Ecology

Curtailing Trophy Hunting
5 pages. The purpose of this paper is to explain the ethics regarding the hunting of trophy animals versus that of hunting for food. This will be tied in to the book Bloodties : Nature, Culture, and the Hunt by Ted Kerasote. The purpose herein is...
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A Geographical Inquiry into the Environmental Impacts of Losing Farmland in Chester County, Pennsylvania
This 9 page paper provides a proposal for a student wishing to conduct research in the county. A great deal of information on how to accomplish a geographical study as well as information on specific programs undertaken at the county, state and...
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Agent Orange: The Lingering Problems of Dioxins
A 6 page overview of the history of Agent Orange, a carcinogenic defoliant used in Vietnam, and its relation to dioxins which still present an environmental and health threat in the U.S. in the form of industrial wastes emissions. Contends that...
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Political and Environmental Concerns of the Last Two Decades: The Dissolution of the U.S.S.R., Overpopulation, and Global Warming
A 5 page discussion of the most important political and environmental events of the last two decades. Identifies the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. as being one of the most important political events and overpopulation and global warming as two of the...
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Fikret Berkes' "Traditional Ecological Knowledge In Perspective": Critical Review
5 pages in length. Culturally differing attitudes toward the concept of nature and environment significantly impact upon ideas of human existence as they relate to knowledge, inasmuch as there is no way to escape the influence that nature has upon...
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No Mystery to Ecological Demise: A Comment on
A 7 page discussion of the many environmental perils which we are facing. Emphasizes that these perils are far from mysterious, as the titles of these two books might imply, but rather revolve two common factors of greed and overpopulation. No...
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Combating terrorism and global warming
An eleven page paper which looks at the way in which different nations and different international blocs view the problems of combating terrorism and global warming, and the various strategies which have been proposed for each. Bibliography lists 5...
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Acid Rain
This 8 page report discusses the phenomena of acid raid. It has been a research topic for, literally, more than a century and therefore offers a wide variety of information sources for the student to choose between in presenting his or her...
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Wisconsin landfills
5 pages. This paper will serve as a policy statement about the effects of landfills in the state of Wisconsin. This includes the controversial topic of the shipping of garbage into Wisconsin from surrounding states. This policy statement is...
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World Trade Center: Environmental Impact
5 pages in length. The extent to which the terrorist attack upon the World Trade Center has impacted both the nation and the cradle of humanity as a whole is undeniably far-reaching. However, people are not the only entities to suffer from this...
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Invasive Non-Native Plants
This 10 page report discusses non-native, invasive plants and the fact that they have often damaged more habitat than development. Non-native plants or invasive weeds follow a growth pattern opposite the native plants and overcome habitats...
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Smog: Why Is Congress Not Doing More About It?
8 pages in length. What, exactly, is clean air, and how is the nation fighting to acquire it? If local, state and federal laws do not protect the environment and all its inhabitants from the hazards of smog, what will? Currently, scientists have...
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The Aesthetics and Ecological Value of Environmental Restoration: An Analysis of the Various Arguments for and Against Restoration and Mitigation
An 8 page discussion of the issues surrounding environmental restoration and mitigation. The author provides a critical analysis of the contention that a restored or created habitat, in addition to almost always being inferior in terms of diversity...
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Environmental Action: The Morality of Civil Disobedience as Opposed to Eco-Sabotage
A 10 page discussion of the use of eco-sabotage and civil disobedience to alter the rampant environmental destruction which we are witnessing at the hands of development, pollution, and alteration. Distinguishes between the two actions asserting...
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Pollution from the Santa Barbara Oil Platforms
5 pages. Gives an overview of the unsightliness and pollution being caused by the oil platforms off the coast of California. While there are some positive aspects of the oil platforms, such as the fact that they support marine life, the negative...
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