ENVIRSC 2EI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Fishery, Sub-Saharan Africa
6 Feb 2017
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21st century: environmental conditions will continue to deteriorate. 25% of humanity is now within the consumer class. Shanghai: emerging economy with a higher amount of people who are consuming the amount of goods as people in north america. Us houses were 38% bigger in 2002 than in 1975. Mea (2005), out of 24 major ecosystem services supporting humanity, 15 were pushed beyond their limits (ex: climate, water, soils. Degradation cannot be seen outside of human context. Improved: reduction of extreme poverty and child mortality, improving education and increasing involvement of women"s role in society. Falling short in certain areas of the world (ex: sub-saharan africa) Marine protected areas: completed by 2085 if we keep going as we are, Human development index: benefits of additional energy availability and income increase. Overconsumption: past the point of necessity, there is no benefit. For equity: must be reduced by 90% in wealthier nations: canadian perspective. Canada ranks high on the human development index.
