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The Endangered Yupik Eskimo Language, 2007.
This paper is a research proposal to study the stories, especially children's tales, of the endangered Yupik Eskimo language.
840 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper explains that, when a society loses its language, it also can lose a significant amount of its cultural identity. The paper indicates that, in just 20 years, this is happening to the Yupik Eskimo communities in Alaska . The author proposes comparing Yupik language stories to other tales from the Native Americans, the Anglo-Europeans, Africans and the Asians. The paper stresses that, although Yupik stories have been homogenized by their translation into English, enough of the original cultural flavor of the stories remains so that such a comparison could still be made.
From the Paper
"According to the UNESCO Endangered Languages website, there are only a few pieces of fiction in Eskimo including a book of short stories, mostly, for schoolchildren, and several books of poetry. There are about ten publications of folklore (fairy tales, myths, legends). A number of folklore texts (recorded as scripts) is represented in the works of W.G. Bogoraz and devoted to the studies of Eskimo language. ...There have recently been a few Alaskan stories published by new authors who have adapted older stories."
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Alaskan Language Project, 2007.
A research proposal to study and preserve the Yupik language of the Yupik Eskimo communities in Alaska.
1,307 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The paper relates that the continuance and historical understanding of the remaining approximate 200 tribal languages in Alaska is a significant cultural and educational concern for the American Indian and Alaska Native societies. The paper looks at the Yupik language in order to determine how to study and preserve it. The paper presents a research proposal to contrast and compare Yupik tales to other tales from the Native-Americans, the Anglo-Europeans, Africans and the Asians. This would allow an examination of the differences and similarities between cultures.
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Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Proposal
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"Languages have subtle nuances that cannot be translated. They embody the philosophy of a people. This information is gone when its language disappears. Linguists now believe that half the languages spoken today will disappear within the next century. This is true for some Yupik Eskimo communities in Alaska, where just 20 years ago all of the children spoke Yupik. Now, the youngest speakers of Yupik in some of these communities are in their 20s, and the children speak only English (Robins; Alaskan Native Language Center)."
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Endangered Species Act, 2006.
This paper discusses the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
2,954 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) that was designed to protect plant and animal species that were - and are - threatened by extinction and to provide punitive measures for persons and organizations that violate the Act. This paper focuses on just the animals that are endangered (not those on the "threatened" list), not the plants, although there are numerous plant species listed as endangered and thousands of species of plants already extinct. The writer looks at the animals this act concerns and discusses the proposed legislation. The writer discusses challenges and complications related to the Act.
Contents:
Introduction
Animals Placed on the Endangered Species List
Removed from the Endangered Species List
Legislation Proposed will Radically Change the ESA
Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone Park
Cut Throat Trout Numbers Shrinking in Yellowstone Park
Florida Home Builders Association Sues
Florida Native Americans Sue Interior Secretary Gale Norton
International Marine Mammal Project
Marketing Endangered Species and Wildlife Conservation
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"One of the animals that may soon come off the ESA's list in a certain, prescribed area, is the Grizzly Bear. The Department of Interior (DOI) (which runs FWS) has decided to remove the 600 or so Grizzlies "in and near Yellowstone National Park" from the federal endangered list. Why? It would put protection of the bears in the hands of state wildlife officials in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, according to a USA Today article.
The other reason for taking the Grizzly off the federal protected list is that the bears' population in the Yellowstone area has increased from around 200 in 1975, to about 600 today. The Grizzly once number around 50,000 throughout the western United States and now there are about 1,200 remaining. They live primarily in four regions: Yellowstone, Glacier National Park (Montana), the Selkirk Mountains (Idaho), and in the Cabinet Mountains in Montana. The Grizzlies in those other three areas will remain on the ESA list of protected animals."
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Protection of Endangered Species, 2006.
A look at how the human population is endangering the lives of numerous plant and animal species and what will happen if we don't protect those endangered species.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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Endangered Species are plants and animals that will be extinct soon and will possibly be never seen again in life. The reason why endangered species and habitats become extinct are primarily a result of an overpopulation of human beings who force the plants and animals out of their natural habitat, leaving them little room to grow or reproduce. This leads to scarcity and, eventually, extinction. This paper discusses how humans are threatening the natural habitat of animals and plants and the ultimate consequence of that threat.
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"In other words, many goods and services from other countries are being exported to the United States in order to gather revenue for that country. Whether the products are fish or furniture--even if that countries ecosystem is in jeopardy--the wealth continues to flourish in order to keep the humans living. Another example, "In Florida, exotic plants, such as hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), and water lettuce (Pistia straiotes), are altering fish and other aquatic animal species, choking waterways, altering nutrient cycles, and reducing recreational use of rivers and lakes" (Liebold 4)."
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Cloning Endangered Species, 2004.
A look at the possibility of using genetic cloning to preserve endangered species.
1,518 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper examines how, according to the World Wildlife Fund, it is estimated that about 20% of all present-day species could be extinct by the year 2025, and while conservation efforts under the Endangered Species Act are aimed at captive breeding programs, reintroduction, and habitat management, new methods of species preservation must be supported. It looks at how scientific methods like genetic cloning through interspecies transfer to produce viable young should be considered in the overall endangered animal protection plan and how the broad sense of the term ?risk?, as applied to limiting the use of presently endangered individuals to save their entire species, needs to be reconsidered and explained to allow advances in scientific technology that may possibly recover entire animal populations.
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"Cloning technology requires a mother to act as a surrogate. While conservation biologists may be in support of, or on the fence about, cloning as a method of endangered-species conservation, the concept of using either a wild or captive endangered female of the same species to assist in reproduction or act as a surrogate mother is unfavorable as the risks may prove too great. To circumvent the risk of adversely affecting the present-day numbers of a species by using a surrogate of that species, or even to reintroduce a species that has been identified as being extinct, scientists have delved into utilizing methods of interspecies cloning to reproduce an animal using a surrogate mother of another, less endangered animal."
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Endangered Aquatic Species, 2008.
This paper focuses on the endangered aquatic species known as the shortnose sturgeon.
814 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper discusses how the shortnose sturgeon is among the federally endangered aquatic species, which are protected by federal government
The paper relates that the shortnose sturgeon is regarded as one of the most successful recoveries of endangered species and will continue to be protected to the measure necessary to conserve its habitat and population. The paper adds that this will undoubtedly strengthen local economies and influence more protection measures of other declining aquatic species.
From the Paper
"The Shortnose Sturgeon, formally referred to as Acipenser brevirostrum, is among the federally endangered aquatic species, which are protected by federal government (SOCNFWR, 2007). The Shortnose Sturgeon is commonly found along the Connecticut River from Turners Falls, Massachusetts to the Long Island Sound. It is the smallest of three sturgeon species known to inhabit North America. These fish are known for their long life spans - known to exceed 65 years for females, and nearly 30 for males (Dadswell, 1984)."
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Endangered Animals, 2000.
This paper examines causes and possible solutions to the problem of endangered animals.
3,460 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 13 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper examines causes and possible solutions to endangered animals. The author examines endangered animals from man's past and present interactions. The author seeks alternatives that will allow man to work with nature instead of against it.
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"On the surface, it appears that things are going quite well for mankind. Human beings are the masters of this domain and are unchallenged by any other being in nature. In the vast scheme of things, man has radically disrupted the instinctive orders of existence and natural selection and progression. Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. Man is becoming too ingenious for his own good. His approach to nature is to beat it into submission. Man would stand a better chance of survival if he would try to accommodate himself to the planet and view it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially. Man needs to realize he is a part of nature and therefore his war on nature is a war against himself. Man must start trying to work with nature instead of against nature."
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The Endangered Species Act, 2007.
An overview of the the Endangered Species Act including a discussion on why it has been effective and recent attempts to undermine it.
2,275 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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The Endangered Species Act is one of the most ubiquitous examples of environmental policy. Under the aegis of the Fish And Wildlife Service, the act lays out protocols for listing species, the protections that species have, and methods of enforcement for violations of the law. This paper deals with the details, as well as the history of the Act and recent attempts by a political appointee from the Department of Interior to undermine it.
Outline:
Introduction
Purposes of the Act
Protocols For Listing
Major Exceptions to the Rule
Command and Control
Success Stories
Recent Attempts to Undermine
Conclusion
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"One of the most far reaching natural resources policy, as well as one of the most ubiquitous, is the Endangered Species Act (Title 16, Chapter 35, Section 1531 of the United States Code). This was created in response to a finding by congress that various fish, wildlife, and plants have gone extinct due to human actions, and other species, which have many values in terms of science and aesthetics, are being threatened by human activity (Cornell University Law School 2007), and that in its most basic form, states that no person may "harm harass, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect any threatened or endangered species" (U. S.Department Of Agriculture 2007). This act has been amended several times throughout the years, and there have currently been attempts to make it harder to list a species, though recently, some rulings have been reversed."
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Endangered Species, 2002.
An essay about the American Endangered Species Act of 1973.
1,615 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains the reasons why American congress felt the need to pass the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in a bid to stop the extinction of certain species of American flora and fauna. The paper studies the act, whether it has been effective and areas where the law can be improved.
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"Many years ago there was a bird, the passenger pigeon that was very plentiful. When the flocks would fly, they covered the sky and nearly blocked out the sun. People killed them, not for food, but for fun. They thought the bird would be here forever. The last passenger pigeon died in a zoo in 1914. Black bears were abundant in New Jersey. In the mid 1970s, they were nearly driven to extinction. Laws were enacted and the bear has made a comeback. When man has taken actions that harm the planet and its balance of nature, the government must take action. Such is the case with the extinction of plants and animals. Why should they go to extinction?"
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The Endangered Species Act, 2006.
An analysis of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and changes proposed by the House of Representatives.
1,787 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper makes the argument that the proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) are not intended to help it. It argues that they are changes that would limit the power of the ESA to protect species. It concludes that the proposed changes are politically motivated and should be not be accepted.
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Introduction
The Introduction of H.R. 3824
What H.R. 3824 Changes
Opposition
Conclusion
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"The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 was created to "provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved, to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered species and threatened species-" (6). The Wildlife Society (TWS) fully supports the ESA, what it does, and how it works. Under the ESA, there have been nine recorded extinctions from the list of 1,272 species that receive protection. TWS claims that the number of extinctions would be far greater if not for the ESA and even though nine species have been lost, the ESA is a success (8, 10)."
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The Endangered Burrowing Owl, 2000.
This paper examines the natural history of the burrowing owl species, as well as the ecological pressures this endangered owl faces.
1,742 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 56.95
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"The burrowing owl, Speotyto (Athene) cunicularia, is a fairly wide-spread small diurnal and crepuscular raptor in western and central North America found mainly in short-grass plains. Its colloquial names also include the ?ground owl? or the ?Prairie dog owl?, which allude to its terrestrial nature. The subject of legends of the great plains, the birds make a believable enough rattlesnake imitation that European colonists rumored that the birds and the snakes shared the same nest. Since that time, much more careful observation and study has been conducted on the species, and much more accurate information obtained. A relatively small owl, it weighs only 150 grams and is only 19.5-25.0 centimeters in length, with the female slightly (0.5 cm) smaller than the male (Haug et al. 1993). In comparison....."
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Endangered Species at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, 2002.
An analysis of the observation of interacting endangered species at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
962 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper examines a study that observed the interaction between the plants and birds of the tidal mudflat and determine what the different organisms provided for each other in the environment. The paper describes the observation of species inhabiting the Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve, located near Huntingdon Beach, California. The four species observed during this study were Belding's Savannah sparrow, California Cord grass, the Brown Pelican and Pickle weed.
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"The intertidal salt marsh lies between the shore and the open bay water. Because of the proximity to the open ocean, it is often windy. It contains mud flats where the soil has high salt content that can only support grasses of varying heights. The salt marsh is home to a wide variety of birds, some that are year-round residents and others that use the marsh as a resting-place during their winter migrations to the South."
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Endangered Species Protection: Priority or Problem?, 2001.
This paper discusses the issues of endangered species protection.
3,306 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 94.95
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This paper looks at the nation?s existing biodiversity in a species-centered approach to environmental protection. It examines the costs it imposes on society and looks at the stakeholders involved in species protection issues include farming and industrial groups, environmentalists, and politicians and policy-makers.
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"In today?s society, it would not be hard to convince the average U.S. citizen that saving Earth?s endangered species from extinction should be a national priority. Thanks to the press, over the years, most people seem to have gained a general ethical and scientific understanding of the value of biological diversity. This biological diversity, or biodiversity, is a concept that emphasizes the fragile nature of the genetic and social interrelationships of the many varieties of plant and animal life that can be found in any given ecosystem (DiSilvestro, 1993). If one species disappears, the entire ecosystem may be affected by the loss, in a possibly disastrous chain reaction that modern science does not currently have the capability to fully predict the outcome of."
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Endangered Tuna, 2004.
This paper discusses the effects of over-fishing on one of the most widely-consumed fish species, the tuna.
1,265 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains that tuna is the most profitable and important fish species; thereby, at least six species of tuna fish are either on the verge of the endangered list or nearing extinction altogether. The author points out that the major causes of this depletion of tuna are modern commercial fishing practices and fish pens. The paper concludes that marine biologists say that the only way to let the tuna species recover is through a moratorium on tuna fishing.
Table of Contents
Overview of the Tuna Population
Causes of Depletion
Solutions
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"In the oceans around Australia, the Southern bluefin is often caught using the purse-seine method. Instead of hooks, fishers use fine nets to enclose the fish. Currently, there are an estimated 3.5 million such fishing vessels scouring the ocean for edible fish. Many are equipped with sonar equipment and satellite navigation. These nets can snare up to 120,000 pounds of fish during one run. The most modern of these trawlers have their own freezers and facilities. Because the catch can be processed on board, these fishing boats can remain at sea for months at a time."
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Endangered Species in Central America, 2002.
An overview of the squirrel monkey and the manatee.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper explores two endangered species in Central America, the squirrel monkey and the manatee.
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