Biodiversity

Biodiversity Biodiversity Recently, the environment has been facing a lot of challenges resulting from the increased human activities such as farming and construction of the infrastructures. These activities have led to the imbalanced ecosystem. The environmentalists have continued to agitate for the need for humans to understand that the ecosystem is in a very dynamic setting, which is composed of different types and classes of living things. These living things are either directly or indirectly responsible for the survival of each other, and it is, therefore, important that they all exist. This write up addresses the various roles of people in ensuring the preservation of the areas threatened by the human encroachment. The balancing of different environmental concerns and the need for the U.S global participation in environmental conservation is also discussed. According to Narasaiah (2008), human encroachment is the inversion of part of the environment so that beneficial activities like farming and mining can be carried out. It has since threatened certain regions of the earth, thus, leading to the need for people to take up active roles in educating the rest of the human population on the importance of preserving the life of other living things. The innovation of environmental-friendly technology should also be encouraged, so that activities like mining and farming are done in a manner not likely to interfere with the ecosystem. In addition, the governments and private organizations should come up with protection programs, which can help preserve the regions threatened by human encroachment. These may include the formulation of preservation strategies such as; the creation of botanical gardens, seed banks, and zoos. Moreover, the governments should declare some human activities like cutting down of trees illegal if done without legal permission. The government should also carry out identification and protection of the biological hotspots. That is, the species rich regions to be protected so as to assist in maintaining the ecosystem at a balance. Finally, people should be advised to change their pattern of consumption and development activities so as to reduce the levels of environmental destruction (Kearns, 2010). The issue of drilling of oil in the Arctic has generated a controversial debate with a section of scholars supporting it while others have emphasized on its illegality. However, other scholars have come up with a compromising position noting the need for the consideration of both the long-term economic arguments and the habitat protection arguments. They have thus called for the need of environmental friendly methods of drilling as a compromised choice (Kearns, 2010). Narasaiah (2008) notes that many environmental conservation groups have come up to help in saving the rain forests. Some of these groups are in the United States of America though they operate internationally. Even, though, many people have questioned why the U.S is interested in the environmental conservation, in the other countries, it is important to note that every part of the worlds ecosystem contributes to the balancing of the whole earths ecosystem. In conclusion, it is important to note that a balanced ecosystem benefits the whole life forms on earth and so should be a responsibility of everyone.

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The Wal-Mart Organization. The Wal-Mart OrganizationTraining evaluation and its effectiveness There are many types of training evaluation used but the Wal-Mart Organization adopted the input evaluation method because it was relevant to the organization. Input evaluation is used to assess all the elements associated with the training based on the selection of trainers, trainees, materials, venue, curriculum plan, and the cost (Tessaring Descy, 2004). The training evaluation method is effective because it met all what I expected from the training. The training was helpful because I learnt many new things, which will assist me, improve on my performance in the organization. According to the participant’s views and comments after the training, they were satisfied that the training was helpful. Most of them recommended that such training sessions should be organized regularly to equip them with new skills and knowledge (Tessaring Descy, 2004). The effectiveness of the training evaluation would be determined by the on how the participants answer the question and how they will conduct themselves at the work place. Evaluation design Evaluation design is a conceptual framework or a logical model that is used to come up with a conclusion (Tessaring Descy, 2004). The following the evaluation design I adopted. Who are the primary audience? The primary audience in this case is the employees of the Wal-Mart Organization. What is the primary purpose? The main aim or the purpose is to train them on how evaluation is done and its importance to them and to the organization in general. What is the best method of collecting information? Using questionnaires was the most appropriate method because it will be detailed and the respondents will be free to provide the required information in accordance to the questions asked and the information needed. How will the information be analyzed? The information will be analyzed based on the questions and information in the questionnaires. For example, graphs may be used if it contains a lot of figures and a summary if it contains only some comments and explanations (Tessaring Descy, 2004). How will the information be reported? It can be in form of a written report or a presentation is done to the employees if there is enough time and all employees will be available during presentation. Since I will the one reporting the findings, I would prefer to do a presentation so that all employees can participate fully and ask questions for further clarification (Tessaring Descy, 2004). It is important for an organization to have a clear evaluation design because this is the only way of providing a solution to the problems affecting the organization and the employees as well. Lack of clear understanding by the employees of what evaluation is, may lead to problems when the results are out on an individual employee on his or her performance (Tessaring Descy, 2004). The hypothetical evaluation To that, the evaluation was effective; the audience who are the employees of Wal-Mart Organization had a session of debriefing, warm up, presentation and the time to cover the presentation materials (Tessaring Descy, 2004). I found time to ask the employees and all those who attended the training on what they gained from the whole session. The employee’s perspective towards the organization changed for the good because of how the employees conducted themselves at the work place. All the sessions were fully utilized by trainees because it was evidenced even when they were on break, there were discussions, and posing many questions on various issues (Tessaring Descy, 2004). From the period allocated for each activity, many issues were discussed. Though it has not been practically proved, I believe that, employees will apply what they learnt in the training session at the organization. Reference: Tessaring, M. and Descy, P. (2004). The foundations of evaluation and impact research: third  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   report on vocational training research in Europe: background report. Luxembourg:  Ã‚   Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.