Environmental+Change

=Environmental Change=
 * • **degradation through raw material production** || Identify the effects of agro-industrialization and changes in international production and consumption on the physical environment.

Discuss the environmental consequences of increasing international demand for one raw material. Examine the concept of food miles and the environmental consequences of increasing volumes of air freight. || Examine the growth of environmental awareness as a consequence of these global interactions. Examine the role of **one** international civil society organization in fostering improved environmental management. ||
 * ** • the effects of transnational manufacturing and services** || Discuss the reasons for and consequences of the relocation of polluting industries (such as some TNCs) and waste disposal (such as ICT, chemical, and nuclear waste) to countries with weaker environmental controls and safety regulations. ||
 * ** • transboundary pollution** || Describe **one** major pollution event affecting more than one country and analyse the consequences of and responses to this event.
 * ** • homogenization of landscapes** || Explain the evolution of uniform urban landscapes; the effects of common commercial activity, structures, styles of construction and infrastructure.
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Discuss the environmental consequences of increasing international demand for GOLD.
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Identify the environmental consequences of mining for gold. Describe and explain the increasing demand for gold globally. Explain why the environments of developing countries are badly affected by mining. More so than in developed countries. Is this avoidable? || [|Gold as an investment] [|An explanation of why gold mining is dangerous for the environment] [|ehow] [|Dumping waste in Somalia] [|Deaths in Nigeria] [|Yale artcle Nigeria children] [|Medicine Sans Frontiers press release Nigeria] [|Yale Article Gold Mining and Mercury poisoning] [|Impact of gold mining] [|mining_creates_dirty_gold-a29316] [|Impact in the Amazon of gold mining] [|Guyana 2007] ||
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