While desalination sounds like a great way to solve the world’s water issues‚ there are many problems related to the sustainability of this process. Obviously‚ as discussed earlier‚ desalination has many negative impacts on the marine environment‚ but there are as well other reasons that it is not sustainable. For instance‚ desalination requires a very high-energy demand‚ which contributes to the reliance on fossil fuels and therefore the emission of pollutants such as greenhouse gasses. On average
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of the legacies of African countries from the crisis has been an increasing debt burden‚ which constituted a major constraint to growth and development. External debt became a burden to African countries because contracted loans were not optimally deployed‚ therefore returns on investments were not adequate to meet maturing obligations and also hindering economic growth. African economies have not performed well‚ partly because of the increased outflow of resources to service debt obligations and
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changed greatly since the 1960s and 1970s‚ when there existed a virtual consensus among Western experts that rapid population growth in the developing world represented a serious global crisis. One of the primary causes of environmental degradation in a country could be attributed to rapid growth of population‚ which adversely affects the natural resources and environment. The uprising population and the environmental deterioration face the challenge of sustainable development. The existence or the absence
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Population Control: Effects on the Global Environment Dependence of Man on the Environment March16‚ 2009 Population Control: Effects on the Global Environment The debate of population control is by no means a new phenomenon. Since early times it has been on the minds of many people. Population lies at the heart of this debate and while there is no argument that humans are increasing daily‚ the question arises in whether this is a problem or rather a natural occurrence which will level
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Discuss the extent to which economic growth may benefit the economy. (18) Economics growth is‚ it the short run an increase in real GDP and in the long run an increase in the productive capacity of an economy (the maximum output that the economy can produce). GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product which is the country’s production of goods and services valued at market price in a given time period. Real GDP is when these figures are corrected for inflation using a base year (The UK uses 2003 as
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Bees are important to our food supply because they pollinate all of the crops. Without bee pollination‚ all of the crops will die. If all the crops die‚ there will be very little food left to eat. Bees help populate the crops and flowers everywhere. Without bees‚ animals will not have any food left either. You can’t kill the bees just because they are flying around you and you’re scared of them. If bees feel threatened by you‚ they will try to sting you and if they do‚ that kills them. If everyone
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Impact of the Tourism Industry to the Environment: A Philippine Situation A Term Paper Presented to Mr. Lawrence Icasiano English Language Area De La Salle Lipa In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for COMSKI2 Second Semester‚ School Year 2013-2014 By Donna L. Abellon Mary Joyce P. Plata Background of the study Introduction The tourism industry can pose a threat to the environment‚ if changes made to it are not sustainable and are irreversible. This paper is
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Compare policies used in China to control rapid‚ population growth with the policies used in one other named country The two policies that I have studied are the One Child Policy in China and the Population Control Program in Kerala‚ India. In 1978‚ china decided that they needed to control the population and introduced a law that only one successful pregnancy was allowed per couple and rewards were given if couples followed the rules such as pay rise‚ free education for child and healthcare as
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catastrophes which cause great damage by disrupting the functioning of a society thus rendering the country incapable of coping through using its own resources as there is a need for outsider assistance in order to effectively preserve lives and the environment. Conversely‚ Natural hazards are natural phenomena that are potential threats to people within a society‚ structures or economic assets and may cause disaster. Natural disasters are inevitable and ubiquitous worldwide. Within the Caribbean‚ they
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mother nature suffers as a result of it. Hovering around 7.4 billion‚ the world population only keeps on growing. Affordable birth control vary from place to place‚ country to country. Particularly in developing countries‚ rapid population growth has caused ecosystems to become endangered as the poor engage in unsustainable farming to feed themselves and their large families. Although there is slower population growth in first world countries‚ people there consume vast amounts of resources that
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