GEOG 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Genetic Engineering, Gender Inequality, Ecosystem Services
9 Feb 2016
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Geog 1070: contemporary environment issues lecture 4. Gender inequality single most important factor affecting fertility rates: women using microfinance especially for business starting, education can delay marriage and lead to fewer children, can lead to political and legal human rights. Family planning : experiment in matlab in bangladesh, 1 group gave information about family planning and on one didn"t, area that had it got fertility decline by 15% Population growth china"s one child policy build on incentives and penalties to promote later marriages and one child families. To achieve stable population: cdc raise average level of education. Species a group of distinct organisms that are capable of interbreeding in the wild. Biodiversity variability among organisms that compromise a biological community: 1) genetic diversity within species variability, 2) species richness within ecosystems, 3) ecosystem diversity within a region. Species richness number of species in a community. Ecosystem diversity interacting systems of water, plants, and animals.
