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  2. Julia Butterfly Hill - Wikipedia

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    Julia Lorraine Hill (born February 18, 1974), best known as Julia Butterfly Hill, is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She lived in a 200-foot (61 m)-tall, approximately 1,000-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997, and December 18, 1999.

  3. Virginity - Wikipedia

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    Youth by French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau.White has traditionally been associated with ritual purity, innocence and virginity in Western cultures. Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse; [1] [2] it is considered a social construct, not an objective term with an operational definition. [3]

  4. Deforestation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Deforestation in the United States was affected by many factors. One such factor was the effect, whether positive or negative, that the logging industry has on forests in the country. Logging in the United States is a hotly debated topic as groups who either support or oppose logging argue over its benefits and negative effects.

  5. Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon breaks records in 2022 - AOL

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    Satellite images taken between January and June this year show 1,500 square miles of forest in the Brazilian Amazon destroyed. This is more deforestation than in any six month period in the seven ...

  6. Deforestation Causes Sediment and Fertiliser Run-Off to ... - AOL

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    WWF Australia expressed concerns on October 26 that recent rainfall in north Queensland caused sediment run-off and fertiliser pollution that has flowed into the vulnerable Great Barrier Reef ...

  7. Biden marks Earth Day in Pacific Northwest with measures to ...

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    President Biden commemorated Earth Day on Friday by unveiling a raft of new policies to combat deforestation, including the signing of an executive order that safeguards old-growth forests on ...

  8. Intonjane - Wikipedia

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    It is then that the girl goes into seclusion with amakhankatha (assistants) and her aunt. This seclusion is referred to as umngeno as it is the day that the initiate goes into isolation. The first week is marked by the initiate being placed behind a curtain without any of her clothes, apart from a black doek , and inkciyo, [ 2 ] a beaded skirt ...

  9. Hymen - Wikipedia

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    In forensic medicine, it is recommended by health authorities that a physician who must swab near this area of a prepubescent girl avoid the hymen and swab the outer vulval vestibule instead. [12] In cases of suspected rape or child sexual abuse , a detailed examination of the hymen may be performed, but the condition of the hymen alone is ...