Oil palm expansion has achieved an extraordinary negative impact relating to environment, wildlife, habitat, climate change and social justice. Change organisations such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil work to mitigate oil palm expansion sustainably. CKC proposes the Indonesian and Malaysian Oil Palm model offers a useful reference for change in upstream coconut plantation investment…
According to the 2018/2019 survey on Drug use in Secondary Education in Spain (ESTUDES), alcohol consumption is widespread among secondary education students. Almost 80% (77.9%) reported consuming alcohol at least once in their lifetime (76.3% in men and 79.4% in women), 77.5% consumed it sometime during the past year (74.1% in men and 77.5% in women), and 58.5% reported doing so sometime in th…
DYNASTIES OF CHINA introduces the achievements of the dynasties that ruled China for nearly two thousand years. Chapters explore the Great Wall, the Silk Road, the Mongol invasions, Beijing and the Forbidden City, Chinese art and calligraphy, and much more. Paperback. 86 pages. ** Part of the CORE KNOWLEDGE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY (CKHG) series in world and American history and geography, integra…
Penggunaan kelompok animal and vegetable fats and oils (HS 1516) sangat beragam seperti sebagai bahan pembuatan sabun hingga untuk produksi bahan makanan. Namun demikian, salah satu penggunaan utama dari kelompok produk ini adalah sebagai bahan baku untuk produksi makanan olahan. Lemak dan minyak yang didapatkan dari binatang dan tumbuhan merupakan komponen yang sangat penting untuk menjaga tem…
The clay army stood in silent formation, guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China. Alert and ready for battle, they were to protect the emperor from evil spirits and robbers. If a robber did manage to break in, he might not escape in one piece—the clay army surrounded the tomb. Over seven hundred thousand workers built the first emperor’s tomb and created his army of clay. And it too…
A Great Civilization Many people believe that the greatest of all the civilizations of the ancient world was the civilization of Greece. However, it is a little misleading to speak about ancient Greece as though it were a single civilization. Ancient Greece was not a unified country. It was a collection of independent city-states. The ancient Greek word for city-state was polis (/poh* lihs/). A…
Yoga might protect the brain against the decrease in the amount of gray matter that usually occurs as people grow older. A 2015 study funded by NCCIH compared 14 experienced yoga practitioners to 14 physically active control participants of similar ages. In the control group, the amount of gray matter was lower in older participants than younger ones. In the yoga practitioners, there was no re…
Once upon a time there lived a king and queen who for many years were very sad because they had no child. At last a little daughter was born to them, and the king was so happy that he planned a great feast in the palace, to which he would invite all of his friends and relatives. Now in his country there were thirteen fairies. Of course the king wished to invite all of the fairies to the feast …