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Exploitation and destruction of forest and fenland ecosystems

Forests have long been exploited. They are harvested for their timber, or cleared for agricultural land, both activities being entirely destructive to the ecosystem.

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Sustainability initiatives and corporate responsibility in banking, insurance, real estate, and financial services

The objective of this study is to answer the question of what the Global Knights Top 100 list is and to examine sustainability initiatives in the banking industry, the insurance industry, the real estate industry and the financial services industry.

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Water scarcity: causes, environmental implications, and intervention strategies

The World Water Council estimates that approximately 1.1 billion people, which translates to one-sixth of the world population, lacks access to safe drinking water. Another 2.6 billion lack access to proper sanitation facilities (World Water Council, n.d.).

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Causes, effects, and solutions to China's air pollution

The purpose of this project is to determine the causes of, damages by and possible solutions to China's air pollution problem.

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Environmental impacts of food waste, nuclear waste, and fossil fuels

The first waste product is organic food waste. This ends up in landfills, and there are a number of negative outcomes. Food waste releases methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Landfills are 20% of all methane emissions in the United States.

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Starbucks' strategic expansion into high-growth international markets

Starbucks ranks #196 on the Fortune 500, with $14.89 billion in revenue, $8 million in profits and a market value of $55.4 billion (Fortune, 2014). There are a number of different internal and external stakeholders of the company.

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Economic and social challenges in South Pacific island nations

Region that I have chosen is the South Pacific, or more broadly Oceania. If we exclude Australia and New Zealand, the two highly developed economies, this region is characterized by island nations, mostly small, with tiny economies.

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Freeman's stakeholder theory versus firm value maximization approaches

I do not think it is necessary to have a single-valued objective function. Maximizing firm value is not mutually exclusive to all other objectives, first. Second, that's like saying that human should only seek to maximize his or her net worth -- it's absurd.

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Toxicants and disease-causing agents: environmental hazards

What are toxicants and how do they affect living organisms? According to Dr. Celine Godard, toxicants and toxins both reference substances that are toxic; however, toxins are made in nature (like in poisonous mushrooms or in the poisonous venom that snakes use to kill their prey) and toxicants are…

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The evolution and modern role of Italian agriculture

Agriculture represents the lifeblood of any civilization -- we settled into communities for the purpose of growing crops and thereby making our lives easier. For most of the history of civilization, agriculture was the dominant form of economy.

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