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meters, or 8 foot 3 inches to 11 feet 6 inches.
7. They can drink sea water.
8. They are colonial, which means that they nest on remote oce-
anic islands, far away from human civilization.
9. Albatross pairs bond over several years and use ritualized
dances to get acquainted with one another. Their bond will last the
pair for the rest of their life.
10. An albatross is born from a single layer white egg that’s laid on
the ground and incubated by the parents in turn.
11. Beside humans, the tiger shark is the primary predator of alba-
trosses. Tiger shark are known to hunt young albatross chicks as
they are learning to fly.
12. Longline fisherman are the greatest threat to albatrosses. The
birds are often attached to the bait that the fisherman put out and
become hooked on the lines, drowning a short time after.
13. Many researchers have described the albatross as the most
legendary of all birds.
14. The Maori people used albatross wing bones to crave tattoos
into their skin at ceremonies.
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Pratima Paudel
B. Sc. Environmental Science
2nd Year (Batch-2017)
WHY SHOULD WE CARE ?
In the early 1980s, Gurus repeatedly emphasized that ‘The Earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the
Earth. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. Man does not weave this web of life.
He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. A nation that destroys its soils,
destroys itself. Forests that are the lungs of our land, purifies the air and gives fresh strength to our people.”
These statements contributed to the need to realize the urgency of conserving the Nature – the plant, animal,
water, air and the soil.
This year, the World Environment Day (WED) will be celebrated on the theme of ‘Air Pollution’ to further re-
alize the importance of the clean air we breathe in and appreciate it and contribute to improve the air quality
and work together to protect the Earth that we all share. With today’s advanced science and technology, peo-
ple can and are doing greater damages to the nature more quickly than ever. The effects of human-created
environmental modifications are no longer restricted to a local or regional level, but are extending through
the whole planet.
All of this requires a reasonable realization and translation of commitments into actions and moreover in a city
like Kathmandu which is now being labelled as ‘maskmandu’: polluted city of the country. A city where ‘all are
superb’, and all want to grab ‘power and resources’ but a culture of ‘shifting responsibility’ has matured over
the years. Furthermore, nobody cares for ‘cost of delay decision and no action’.
Yurisha Upadhyaya
B.Sc Environmental Science
4th year (Batch-2015)
Nature and Social Concern Society
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