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Human-Environment Interaction

Human-Environment Interaction. Group : calina aosta , justin rodriguez , mark martinez , laxmi dhungana , jeniffer jimenez , eddie felix. Navigation Charts. They first used land bridges and small rafts and canoes to reach the islands closest to the mainland

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Human-Environment Interaction

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  1. Human-Environment Interaction Group: calinaaosta, justinrodriguez, mark martinez , laxmidhungana, jenifferjimenez, eddiefelix

  2. Navigation Charts They first used land bridges and small rafts and canoes to reach the islands closest to the mainland The gave the position of islands . Pacific islanders closely guarded the secret of how to use these charts until the late 1800s

  3. Special Canoes • The sail the vast pacific ocean developed huge voyaging canoes with double hill • sometimes built on the platforms a top the top to shelter the voyagers and their suplies

  4. The Rabbit Problem • In Europe many people raise or hunt rabbits for food. In 1859, Thomas Austin released 24 rabbits into Austria so he could hunt them.

  5. Control Measures • They tried to poison the rabbits but they kept increasing . • They tried building fences but their rabbits dig under the fence

  6. Problems with invasive animals • species has a tendency to spread their range into new areas or plague their range

  7. Tests in Bikini Atoll • Bikini Atoll was the site of the us atomic weapon tests. The U.S. government chose bikini for testing because it lays far away from regular shipping and air travel routes

  8. Long-Term Effects of Testing • In the meantime the bikini islanders remained exile from their homeland. • The first Atoll to which they were moved to the island of Kili. But they soon grew unhappy because conditions there made it impossible to grow enough food or engage in fishing.

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