IDSB04H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Deoxygenation, Overgrazing, Municipal Solid Waste
9 Apr 2018
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This loss disproportionately affects lmics, such as haiti, which has lost over 80% of its original forest cover, leading to topsoil erosion, arable land shrinkage, and massive food insecurity. In addition to contributing to up to half of malaria cases, deforestation has also led to new human- microbial interactions and the introduction (or reemergence) of nipah virus and other diseases. Explain whose responsibility it is to address health problems linked to the environment at international, national and local levels. Chipko (meaning to cling/ embrace in hindi) began spontaneously in 1973 when indian villagers, mainly women, began to hug trees that were destined to be cut down. In 1980, as a result of these actions, the government of uttar pradesh imposed a 15- year ban on logging in the himalayan region. Chipko movements, which are based on gandhi"s principle of satyagraha (nonviolent resistance), are generally autonomous and have since extended to the protection of water and other resources.
