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regional
focus
Despite the
fact that environmental problems are frequently described as global problems,
NGOs, IGOs and TNCs frequently have projects or impacts related to specific
regions. One thing you should bear in mind in your research is the extent
to which different regions have different characteristics and may be more
or less important. Is it important that Antarctica be maintained as an
unspoilt wilderness? Are Brazilian trees or US cars more important when
considering the environment? Are environmental regulations causing TNCs
to choose specific locations?
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Online resources
regions
and water
Aquastat:
Profile
(list of all the country profiles)
Near
East (good intro)
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Turkey
Iraq
Ethiopia
Middle
East Water
Water management
in Africa: Introduction
Water supply
and Management in Ghana
Palestinian Perspective
The Case
of Gaza
regions and deforestation
GFCA, for Brazil
Forest
Conservation Portal, for South America
GFCA, home page (has links to other
areas but we're concentrating on the Amazon)
The Old Growth
Campaign (Rainforest Action Network)
regions and nuclear
power
TERI Energy and Resources Institute,
India (Nuclear Pages also designed to consider green alternatives etc.)
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"Despite the
fact that there are already more than 2,000 treaties regulating waters
shared by two or more countries, international law is poorly developed
and not adequate for heading off potentially violent conflicts."
World Resources Institute
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Directed learning
directed
learning
regions and water
How does the approach of different countries to water management compare?
What is the role of water in Arab-Israeli relations?
regions and deforestation
The sites above will help you build up a picture of what has been happening
in the Amazon, in addition to providing you with other useful links.
Sample exam questions
1 What are the prospects for war over water in the Middle East?
2 Deforestation
in the Amazon is a serious and expanding problem, not just locally, but
globally - discuss.
3 Phasing out
nuclear energy will be irrational and expensive - discuss with regard
to particular examples.
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"nuclear
power...is so complex and dangerous that it HAS to be surrounded by secrecy
and private police. It cannot be owned, controlled and understood by ordinary
people; only by a hierarchy of experts and managers backed by the massive
resources at the command of the state and big corporations."
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