GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Natural Disaster, Multiple Sclerosis, Rio Declaration On Environment And Development
26 Oct 2016
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Island has serious erosion problems that get worse every year. Monsoon, waves get stronger, storms more powerful protective walls made of coral destroyed. President finally agreed to help after natural disaste. Brazil: nothing to feed themselves: farming taken over, cant own land b/c wanted to plan eucalyptus trees, families had to move out, for export to make $ Literacy rate is low don"t fully understand what they are losing. Big companies are taking lives by doing this interrupting humanity. Companies are not making available too many jobs. Signing rio declaration on environment to take responsibility. Alberta: unreliable if we can be here or not always have truck ready. 25 million environmental refugees vs. 23 million political refugees (environmental and political refugees are roughly equal, less attention paid to environmental refugees) What is producing the refugee movement that has environmental movement: natural resource liquidation, monocultures (eucalyptus, don"t care about anything else, take all land.
