HIS 1111 Study Guide - Ecological Succession, Environmental Security, Surface Mining

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 1111
• Professor: Don't Know

Document Summary

Measure individual cost ecologically: across the globe dead zones have emerged in the oceans that once seeded planetary life. The largest resides deep in the pacific, in the form of a floating island of garbage a hundred miles wide. This is the amazing product of a global consumer throw away" economy. The average north american consumes 3 litres of oil per day just in their food! ** development of the amazon*** exam question fate of the. Development of the amazon: amazonia: a rainforest apocalypse, during the 1960s brazil"s junta assumed power and imposed martial law in order to forestall mounting popular resistance to elite privileges and demands for land reform. This was a political transformation that played out throughout latin america as isi created growth and wealth for a few, but failed to meet the demands and needs of ordinary people: amazon economy was not suited for agriculture!