NRES 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United Nations Development Programme, Sustainable Development Goals, Ecosystem Services
14 Jan 2017
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Often the use of pesticides will have bad effects on the environment. Paradox- a statement exhibiting contradictory or inexplicable aspects or qualities. Environmentalist"s paradox- human life in the 40 years has gotten better but environmental life has gotten worse. Four major topics: human population and well-being, status of vital ecosystem services, global climate change, loss of biodiversity. 7. 3 billion people in 2014 grown 2 billion in past 25 years, rate of 80 million per year now slowing, but will reach 9. 3 bil by 2050. A comprensive assessment of human well being in most countries of the world. Well being is measure in health education and basic living standards. First done in 1970, all countries improved, only 3 did not out of 135. This can and does hide some fucked up shit. Economic growth is fucked, and there are a shit ton of homeless niggas. Addressing this shit is a concern of undp. Green-pesticide resistance, exploiting pollution and resources, industrialized agriculture.
