GEOG 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Monocropping, Michael Pollan, Agribusiness
26 Apr 2016
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W. w rostow"s model of development (google his diagram: stage 1: traditional society, stage 2: transitional stage, take off, rive to maturity, high mass consumption. Drive to modernize leads to increasing debt and debt servicing. S. a. p"s (structural adjustment policy) are part of new loan conditions (which benefits the richer countries) Forests allow for evaporation, and cloud formation and rainfall. Globally, forests are an important carbon sink. Carbon is released via burning or decomposition. At present contribution to global co2 is less than from burning fossil fuels, but may rise significantly as fossil fuel use diminishes and deforestation increases. As much as of all species live in tropical rainforests that cover only 6% - 7% of earth"s land surface. In extreme cases death, less extreme- a loss of cultural identity. Less formalized introduction of market systems, global trade, etc. International tropical timber organization objective 2000 (itto) Forestry has been, and still is, an important part of human evolution.
