Today, all over the world the daily struggle is to deal with the economic growth, to satisfy people’s needs, which represents a crucial step in the development of a country or an area; however, this is partially the same in the United States through the Wal-Mart market. Wherever people can be; there will be a corner in which they may find a quite a few of its stores, and some of them do most their shopping there because it provides many advantages in different ways, not only in the improvement of financial economy, and the affordable prices for every citizen, but also in the reduction of unemployment.
First, the primary step to evoke about Wal-Mart is that it contributes in to financial economic growth. According to economists and historians, in USA TODAY (2003), “Wal-Mart’s influence on the U.S. economy has reached levels not seen by a single company since the 19th-century rise of standard Oil” (par. 1). Whatever situations and circumstances, it constitutes as a force in the economic sector. Moreover, regarding its growth in business and impact in the market, most industries, businessman, and economical financial organizations would more likely to be signing contracts of partnership for delivery of merchandise, as they know that Wal-Mart is popular and their supplies may go faster on sales. The more industries and company can work and produce, the more the economy rises.
Secondly, in some societies and areas; it is sometimes difficult for some people to buy things that they want and to have access in some products, due to the cost of life and prices. But here is the opportunity given by Wal-Mart to allow even a person of lower social status to consume all that is necessary for him. According to Locke (2004), Wal-Mart is much more for shoppers who earn less, thus they are unable to have access to some high level stores. In addition, it is helpful for them in the way that they can plan their budget well and spent less money.
Third, the importance of employment in any area is to make people active, help them to work from the efforts for their daily survives. Knowing about how life will be difficult for people without employment, Hoeing (2004), of Capitalism Magazine, said that “In 2005, Wal-Mart created 125,000 U.S jobs, and is continuously adding each month” (par 16). This is a step that cannot be ignored, because in people’s life they will need work in order to get some money. Furthermore, it may also be beneficial for some people who did not really reach the higher level of studies, but they have some skills and abilities to do some things such as not only counting money, and using computers, but also helping and welcoming some customers to find what they come to look for in the store.
People claim that Wal-Mart will cause more harm to an area compared to some of its advantages and strength in the financial economy because it may slow down the market of others stores, and attract the majority of clients who will like to shop there for their interests. But there is another alternative that must be mentioned to clarify the issue, which is that most stores that have lower prices are rarely to possess products, merchandise, and supplies of premium and high quality because of their values and the cost of manufacture and getting done. Consequently, most people in the market that own valuable products seldom establish for partnerships with this sort of store, because of fear they will get less benefits compared to what they spend.
In conclusion, it is evident that Wal-Mart is representing a positive aspect regarding its presence in the economy and the business sector of U.S.A. It implantation has brought the financial sector up and stabilized the economy and the market, helped people of lower earnings to have access to all products for satisfying their needs, and also led some people to change from being jobless to having activity to do. In addition, it influenced a sort of reliability to industries and traders in business.
References
Hopkins, J. (2003, January 29). Wal-Mart's influence grows. USA TODAY. Retrieved December 05, 2007, from Wal-Mart's influence grows
Locke, E, A. (2004, February 24). Three cheers for Wal-Mart. Capitalism Magazine. Retrieved December 05, 2007, from cheers for Wal-Mart
Hoenig, J. (2006, february 10). Welcome Wal-Mart. Capital Magazine. Retrieved December 05, 2007, from welcome to capgam.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Declining illegal logging requires our support and solutions
Many environmentalists are complaining about how forests are managed throughout the world and how deforestation causes some problems in the change of climate due to illegal logging. This is also true for some organizations and governments about the trade regarding the timber that is harvested illegally and legally in the market. Therefore, analyzing all of those dangerous situations, all the people should be involved in the banishment of illegal logging, because this step would help to identify the areas most threatened by illegal logging, restrict the trade of illegal timber, and promote the personal initiatives of protecting forest.
First, it is very crucial in this stage to target the forest most destroyed by illegal logging, because the importance of that would be helpful for organizations, governments, or other parties to search for real strategies to protect forests and to break down the practice, for example measuring the size of the forest and seeing how to place some guard rails, for security to supervise those areas well. In addition, with this method, environmentalists, experts on forest studies, even reporters should be involved, because it will be necessary for them to make some daily estimations and statistics in order to tell how much timber is harvested illegally per month or year, and who is on the top of that and facilitating that. The bigger the forest, the bigger the practice. This is because it will be difficult to know where illegal loggers are getting in the forest for harvesting timber and where and how are they getting out of them, if there is no possibilities to master the size of the forests and its environments.
Secondly, knowing about all the damages that cause illegal logging, people must limit access to the consumption of illegal trade, and to support only the legal trade. That is because when they are in the process of purchasing or consuming wood, and they realize that some people took them without respecting the environmental principles of using forests, they must not spend their money in buying timber or products made from wood, which has an illegal source. Consequently, illegal loggers may be forced to give up the practice or join some legal organizations while noticing that their markets are going down and the selling is not progressing because they are beneficiating to any support. To illustrate, according to the European Commission (2006) in Your Voice in Europe, it was suggested if possible to promulgate a rule that in the European Market only timber harvested legally can be accepted and that the illegally harvested wood will be refused and all the products manufactured from wood must be proved regarding their sources before marketing in the European area.
Third, it is evident that we should promote some good initiatives of protecting forests that will be more likely to banish illegal logging, for example facilitating some local communities that use forest for their survival by giving them materials and insurance and encouraging their activities. We should use the same process for industries, organizations which would like to use forests with good management and respect of the rules, to give them the control of the area that they may use for harvesting and allow them to use any kind of security measure to stop illegal loggers. Moreover, we should arrest for jail or send to justice illegal loggers. The responsibility that can be given to people who use timber legally must beneficiate from the support of governments and other powerful organizations.
Some people argue about illegal logging and give evidence about its damages and negatives consequences in the world in general and the environment in particular, but they are not making any step to solve the problem rightly. They think that people who are practicing illegal logging are the main enemies of that, but on the contrary they are not making any efforts to deal with some causes that push people to undertake this sort of activity; such as poverty. In addition, they are also the ones who usually buy some products made from wood that is harvested illegally, and furthermore, they limit some laws of forest management in order that there could be some way that there is not really control in the forest. Also, they are people who support illegal loggers by giving them access to forest management, facilitating their trade, and giving them materials for using. Furthermore, if for instance illegal loggers are arrested or restricted from their traffic, they are those who intervene for them. Thus this lack of will explains that even all those campaigns, which are being made for stopping illegal logging, if they are not resulting in a fair conscience, would be theorical, and the practice will increase more and more.
In conclusion, the environment needs protection and conservation. Therefore we all should be against people who destroy that and struggle for the cracking down on their activities, whatever the circumstances. Reaching this goal, it would be better to have the good vision about the forests and more suffering for techniques to secure them, to boycott all the timber market resulting from illegal process, and to give grants and empowerment to all actions for protecting and managing the forests well.
People should learn about environment conservation; because if we don't think about those steps, it would be difficult to know how important it is for our life and what the consequences will be if we are not caring about its protection.
Reference
European Commission. (2006, December 22). Public Consultation on additional options to combat illegal logging. Your Voice in Europe. Retrieved November 04, 2007, from www.illegal-logging.info/uploads/addloptionssynthfinal.pdf
First, it is very crucial in this stage to target the forest most destroyed by illegal logging, because the importance of that would be helpful for organizations, governments, or other parties to search for real strategies to protect forests and to break down the practice, for example measuring the size of the forest and seeing how to place some guard rails, for security to supervise those areas well. In addition, with this method, environmentalists, experts on forest studies, even reporters should be involved, because it will be necessary for them to make some daily estimations and statistics in order to tell how much timber is harvested illegally per month or year, and who is on the top of that and facilitating that. The bigger the forest, the bigger the practice. This is because it will be difficult to know where illegal loggers are getting in the forest for harvesting timber and where and how are they getting out of them, if there is no possibilities to master the size of the forests and its environments.
Secondly, knowing about all the damages that cause illegal logging, people must limit access to the consumption of illegal trade, and to support only the legal trade. That is because when they are in the process of purchasing or consuming wood, and they realize that some people took them without respecting the environmental principles of using forests, they must not spend their money in buying timber or products made from wood, which has an illegal source. Consequently, illegal loggers may be forced to give up the practice or join some legal organizations while noticing that their markets are going down and the selling is not progressing because they are beneficiating to any support. To illustrate, according to the European Commission (2006) in Your Voice in Europe, it was suggested if possible to promulgate a rule that in the European Market only timber harvested legally can be accepted and that the illegally harvested wood will be refused and all the products manufactured from wood must be proved regarding their sources before marketing in the European area.
Third, it is evident that we should promote some good initiatives of protecting forests that will be more likely to banish illegal logging, for example facilitating some local communities that use forest for their survival by giving them materials and insurance and encouraging their activities. We should use the same process for industries, organizations which would like to use forests with good management and respect of the rules, to give them the control of the area that they may use for harvesting and allow them to use any kind of security measure to stop illegal loggers. Moreover, we should arrest for jail or send to justice illegal loggers. The responsibility that can be given to people who use timber legally must beneficiate from the support of governments and other powerful organizations.
Some people argue about illegal logging and give evidence about its damages and negatives consequences in the world in general and the environment in particular, but they are not making any step to solve the problem rightly. They think that people who are practicing illegal logging are the main enemies of that, but on the contrary they are not making any efforts to deal with some causes that push people to undertake this sort of activity; such as poverty. In addition, they are also the ones who usually buy some products made from wood that is harvested illegally, and furthermore, they limit some laws of forest management in order that there could be some way that there is not really control in the forest. Also, they are people who support illegal loggers by giving them access to forest management, facilitating their trade, and giving them materials for using. Furthermore, if for instance illegal loggers are arrested or restricted from their traffic, they are those who intervene for them. Thus this lack of will explains that even all those campaigns, which are being made for stopping illegal logging, if they are not resulting in a fair conscience, would be theorical, and the practice will increase more and more.
In conclusion, the environment needs protection and conservation. Therefore we all should be against people who destroy that and struggle for the cracking down on their activities, whatever the circumstances. Reaching this goal, it would be better to have the good vision about the forests and more suffering for techniques to secure them, to boycott all the timber market resulting from illegal process, and to give grants and empowerment to all actions for protecting and managing the forests well.
People should learn about environment conservation; because if we don't think about those steps, it would be difficult to know how important it is for our life and what the consequences will be if we are not caring about its protection.
Reference
European Commission. (2006, December 22). Public Consultation on additional options to combat illegal logging. Your Voice in Europe. Retrieved November 04, 2007, from www.illegal-logging.info/uploads/addloptionssynthfinal.pdf
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Despite a crackdown, illicit logging is on the rise in lawless areas of the Amazon
In Phillips' article, "Invisible but too real: the illegal roads speeding destruction of the rainforest: Despite a crackdown, illicit logging is on the rise in lawless areas of the Amazon", he is explaining how excessive illegal logging is in some areas of the Amazon. First he says that some people from there have tried to create some path secretly for transporting trees cut illegally by loggers in the Amazon rainforest, called the Trans Iriri highway. But in fact, he states that that highway has no real existence, because the illegal loggers cooperate with some people, unofficially armed, to secure and help them make the traffic easier. Therefore, the practice became opened and is not secret for the local population. Next, he underlines the fact that in spite of all strategies undertaken by the government through the satellite control and detection and deployment of security force for patrol in these areas, the traffic of illegal logging still has a lower rate of decreasing and the loggers are always continuing to do their practices. For this reason, some local in habitants from the areas are saying that there are no rules to obey in the region. In the end, some environmentalist has suggested, in order to decrease this practice, a daily systematic control by the government's force security is needed.
This problem of illegal logging in every big forest will not cease or stop automatically. But if all the international community can try to solve the problem by involving themselves in creating an international commission for the environment conservation with some new rules, that would be really interesting, and the illegal practices of logging may decrease, the forest may get secure and the rules may be respected.
First, worldwide we see how some big forests are being deforested by people who want to use them illegally. In our recent days, the establishment of a particular commission for conserving only big and significant forest can be a way of decreasing this practice of illegal logging. To illustrate, this way would include all the practitioners of illegal logging such as individuals, industries, and some countries, and involving them in a new perspective of environment conservation in ensuring their personal market but making them associated with the system of stopping cutting trees in disorderly ways. In fact the application and approach can encounter some difficulties, but success depends on negotiating personally with all leaders who are machinating those practices in every area of the world to find the common points for solving the problems such as how to secure the environment, to establish news laws ,and how to manage the commission with transparency and justice.
Secondly, the presence of a security group might be guaranteed, because as all have participated in such decisions or resolutions, the non-participants may be in difficulties because the affair has required the involvement of every logger, illegal or not, who has tried to settle some recommendations and headlines for the security of the forest. for example, a mixture of international police or special security group to control all the illegal areas where the logging are being made would be useful. In addition, those groups of security should be well equipped with materials to deal with all the illegal loggers. They can use guns, detection appliances, mobile phones for intercommunications, and vehicles for driving at all times around the forest to prevent the practice.
Next, if they put together ideas for such positive outcome or for interest of parties, it is sure that all those directives will be taken for granted. One small example is if they try to break the rules made by themselves, also all their particular interest and benefit will probably go down, as they had signed before as one commission to make logging legal by setting some rules. As a result, they are required to respect all that is recommend; if not perhaps others could be suspended or sanctioned as the issue became international, thus there are some limits and restrictions.
In conclusion, establishing a special international organization only for looking after the biggest forest that undergoes illegal logging might be another step to make the percentage of illegal logging down, to have a general view about the control of the forest for its security and to help people working legally under the respect of the principles which are needed for protecting and using the forest.
References
Phillips, T. (2007, April 21). Invisible but too real: the illegal roads speeding destruction of the rainforest: Despite a crackdown, illicit logging is on the rise in lawless areas of the Amazon. The Guardian International, p.25. Retrieved October 28, 2007, from Lexis-nexis
This problem of illegal logging in every big forest will not cease or stop automatically. But if all the international community can try to solve the problem by involving themselves in creating an international commission for the environment conservation with some new rules, that would be really interesting, and the illegal practices of logging may decrease, the forest may get secure and the rules may be respected.
First, worldwide we see how some big forests are being deforested by people who want to use them illegally. In our recent days, the establishment of a particular commission for conserving only big and significant forest can be a way of decreasing this practice of illegal logging. To illustrate, this way would include all the practitioners of illegal logging such as individuals, industries, and some countries, and involving them in a new perspective of environment conservation in ensuring their personal market but making them associated with the system of stopping cutting trees in disorderly ways. In fact the application and approach can encounter some difficulties, but success depends on negotiating personally with all leaders who are machinating those practices in every area of the world to find the common points for solving the problems such as how to secure the environment, to establish news laws ,and how to manage the commission with transparency and justice.
Secondly, the presence of a security group might be guaranteed, because as all have participated in such decisions or resolutions, the non-participants may be in difficulties because the affair has required the involvement of every logger, illegal or not, who has tried to settle some recommendations and headlines for the security of the forest. for example, a mixture of international police or special security group to control all the illegal areas where the logging are being made would be useful. In addition, those groups of security should be well equipped with materials to deal with all the illegal loggers. They can use guns, detection appliances, mobile phones for intercommunications, and vehicles for driving at all times around the forest to prevent the practice.
Next, if they put together ideas for such positive outcome or for interest of parties, it is sure that all those directives will be taken for granted. One small example is if they try to break the rules made by themselves, also all their particular interest and benefit will probably go down, as they had signed before as one commission to make logging legal by setting some rules. As a result, they are required to respect all that is recommend; if not perhaps others could be suspended or sanctioned as the issue became international, thus there are some limits and restrictions.
In conclusion, establishing a special international organization only for looking after the biggest forest that undergoes illegal logging might be another step to make the percentage of illegal logging down, to have a general view about the control of the forest for its security and to help people working legally under the respect of the principles which are needed for protecting and using the forest.
References
Phillips, T. (2007, April 21). Invisible but too real: the illegal roads speeding destruction of the rainforest: Despite a crackdown, illicit logging is on the rise in lawless areas of the Amazon. The Guardian International, p.25. Retrieved October 28, 2007, from Lexis-nexis
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Global Warming threatens millions of species
Practice of summary response
In Bhattacharya's article, "Global warming threatens millions of species", she states that because of global warming, many species of animals may disappear in the future. That means that this phenomenon is a big danger for some animals and plants and may bring some negative outcome in their future, because they are facing extermination, location problem, and exploitation by individuals.
First, as the climate is changing and the planet is getting warm, some scientists have noticed that in the early upcoming year, most of the animals and plant species would be more likely to not exist. Because the global warming is attacking their habitual areas and affects their ability to live well, those animals will be required to run away from their places to another. Therefore, that movement will be the cause of their desperation; for example, if bears have to leave from snow if the global warming gets there, because the areas in which they went to live by escaping the climate change may not be compable for them, as a result they will be exposed to death.
Secondly, the problem of location might be counted also as one reason. Some animals have lost their ideal area because of the collapse or a big damage, for instance, the tsunami's phenomenon. In addition, as the earth contains this multitude of animal species the space has to be large in order to shelter all of those. If not, a danger may occur. Regarding plants, some of them require low temperature and cool climate. But the difficulties can be indicated if they are located in the area in which the climate is harm; there is no way those plants to live longer and push quickly.
Finally, some people have a wrong exploitation of animal use, they often find some rare species of animals to catch and use for making clothes suitable with the climate. For instance, as climate is getting hotter, some humans will need to make some clothes that can fit to any kind of climate change. Moreover, the use of plants by some chemist for certain chemical solutions or combinations should be mentioned as a danger that some rare plants have encountered, because they often try to find species that are not really easy to be found. Therefore, those species might become rare and at the end they may be lost.
To conclude, I would say that those realities of climate change and global warming are permanent problems, and can cause damages to species such as animals and plants, because they will be expected to die; they may be extinguished or lost. The global warming pushes them to change for a new environment that cannot even accept their race. Because of that, as the danger is noticed, it is very interesting to take a step to prevent the phenomenon and try to protect the existence of some species of animals or plants that are seldom to be found from the situation that might damage them and their future.
References
Bhattacharya, C.(2004, January 7). Global warming threatens millions of species. NewScientist.com. Retrieved October 16, 2007, from http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4545&print=true
In Bhattacharya's article, "Global warming threatens millions of species", she states that because of global warming, many species of animals may disappear in the future. That means that this phenomenon is a big danger for some animals and plants and may bring some negative outcome in their future, because they are facing extermination, location problem, and exploitation by individuals.
First, as the climate is changing and the planet is getting warm, some scientists have noticed that in the early upcoming year, most of the animals and plant species would be more likely to not exist. Because the global warming is attacking their habitual areas and affects their ability to live well, those animals will be required to run away from their places to another. Therefore, that movement will be the cause of their desperation; for example, if bears have to leave from snow if the global warming gets there, because the areas in which they went to live by escaping the climate change may not be compable for them, as a result they will be exposed to death.
Secondly, the problem of location might be counted also as one reason. Some animals have lost their ideal area because of the collapse or a big damage, for instance, the tsunami's phenomenon. In addition, as the earth contains this multitude of animal species the space has to be large in order to shelter all of those. If not, a danger may occur. Regarding plants, some of them require low temperature and cool climate. But the difficulties can be indicated if they are located in the area in which the climate is harm; there is no way those plants to live longer and push quickly.
Finally, some people have a wrong exploitation of animal use, they often find some rare species of animals to catch and use for making clothes suitable with the climate. For instance, as climate is getting hotter, some humans will need to make some clothes that can fit to any kind of climate change. Moreover, the use of plants by some chemist for certain chemical solutions or combinations should be mentioned as a danger that some rare plants have encountered, because they often try to find species that are not really easy to be found. Therefore, those species might become rare and at the end they may be lost.
To conclude, I would say that those realities of climate change and global warming are permanent problems, and can cause damages to species such as animals and plants, because they will be expected to die; they may be extinguished or lost. The global warming pushes them to change for a new environment that cannot even accept their race. Because of that, as the danger is noticed, it is very interesting to take a step to prevent the phenomenon and try to protect the existence of some species of animals or plants that are seldom to be found from the situation that might damage them and their future.
References
Bhattacharya, C.(2004, January 7). Global warming threatens millions of species. NewScientist.com. Retrieved October 16, 2007, from http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4545&print=true
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
