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Flashcards by EllieFlint, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by EllieFlint
almost 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Define 'Sustainable Development' | Meeting the needs of the present without damaging the needs of future generations |
| What 4 things do the UK focus on to be sustainable? | Energy saving / efficiency Recycling Sustainable transport schemes Sustainable development in rainforest environments |
| Case Study: ASDA / Walmart | In Didcot, Oxfordshire, fill 4 skips a week with shrink wrap and polythene to landfill Mil-tek have solution - use a baler to crush plastic to 10% original size, which can then be recycled |
| Case Study: Nokia | 44% of old phones sit in draws Nokia want them to be recycled - would save 240,000 tonnes of raw materials. Promoting recycling campaign in stores and on website |
| Name 4 sustainable transport schemes | Park and Ride Congestion Charge Cycle Paths Barclays / Boris Bikes Trams Bus Lanes Underground Train Networks Pedestrianisation |
| Case Study: Park and Ride, Cambridge | Park in a car park by M11 / A14 4,500 parking spaces Get a bus to the main centre - £2.20 per day Each bus carries up to 70 people Busses up to every 10 minutes |
| Case Study: Congestion Charge, London | Introduced in 2003. By 2008: 21% less traffic 65,000 fewer cars per day 29,000 more bus users Money reinvested into public transport |
| Rainforests | Estimated over half of all plant and animal species live in tropical rainforest Produce 40% of earth's oxygen 1/4 of medicines we use from rainforest 1 hectare: 1000 trees, up to 300 species |
| How can rainforests be exploited? | Logging, deforestation, extraction of resources underneath (oil, gas, gold, diamond) |
| Case Study: Effects of rainforest extraction in Ecuador | Stomach cancer 5x more common More miscarriages Toxic waste seeps out of 600 unlined pits - pollutes freshwater and farmland Plants (periwinkle/ leukemia) endangered |
| Case Study: Rainforest Management, Malaysia | Reject building power station as too near to Darvel Bay and Danum Valley - didn't want to pollute Will not mine at the expanse of rainforest Will develop eco tourism for money |
| Case Study: Rainforest Management, Madagascar | 2001 - Givauden wanted to develop new fragrance - permit from government Share of profits with local community, and conservation and development initiatives |
| Case Study: Rainforest Management, Venezuela | 2008 - no more gold or diamond mining permits allowed Will sell oil instead Government will protect local people and biodiversity |
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