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Ecology & Environmental Problems

Ecology & Environmental Problems. Dr. Ron Chesser Lecture #24 Sustainable Development, Foreign Aid Extra Point Projects are due NOW . Put them at the front of the room. Government must do more to improve quality of life…. Whose life? Us…or Them? Which “Them”?

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Ecology & Environmental Problems

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  1. Ecology & Environmental Problems Dr. Ron Chesser Lecture #24 Sustainable Development, Foreign Aid Extra Point Projects are due NOW. Put them at the front of the room.

  2. Government must do more to improve quality of life… • Whose life? • Us…or Them? • Which “Them”? • Who is “us”…”me” or “me and some of them”? • With what resources? • By which means?

  3. Over 25% of the world’s population… • Live on < $1.00 per day • Will never have a phone • Don’t have windows • Won’t receive an education • Have never ridden in a car • Don’t receive medical care of any kind • Drink untreated water

  4. Where does your $$ go? • http://www.oecd.org/countrylist/0,2578,en_2649_34447_1783495_1_1_1_1,00.html#u

  5. It’s your $$$...Foreign Aid • USAID (http://www.usaid.gov/policy/budget/cbj2004/europe_eurasia/) • The United States is the world's top foreign aid donor in 2003, disbursing a combined $15.79 billion, up 18.8%. • Aid sometimes is a foreign policy tool to aid the donor not the recipient • AID may be to affect domestic policy in the recipient countries

  6. It’s your $$$ -- Decisions • Cost of programs to save one life from radiation exposure…~$2.5 Billion • Cost to save one life from AIDS…~$50,000 • Cost of programs to save one life by immunizations (e.g. measles) …~$99.00 • Neem Tree is endangered. It is found only in the Olga Forest. It produces taxol, a compound that can cure breast cancer. 6 trees are required to treat one patient. Is it worth it?

  7. Which Distribution of Resources is Best? Freq. Low Resources Medium High

  8. Which Distribution of Resources is Best? – AT WHICH SCALE? LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL???? Freq. Low Resources Medium High

  9. Which Distribution of Resources is Best? –LOCAL Freq. Low Resources Medium High

  10. Which Distribution of Resources is Best? –National Freq. Low Resources Medium High

  11. Which Distribution of Resources is Best? –International Freq. Low Resources Medium High

  12. ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS • There is a link between sustained development and environmental ethics • Resource availability and distribution • Do Environmental Ethics mean that we must be altruistic? (altruism=giving up one’s fitness to benefit another)

  13. LOW CONFLICT LOW FITNESS LOW CONFLICT HIGH FITNESS HIGH CONFLICT LOW FITNESS HIGH CONFLICT HIGH FITNESS

  14. Ecology & Environmental Problems --- • “Think Globally…Act locally.” • Can you do this? • Are decisions dependent on scale? • Does it matter?

  15. Who will make future decisions on Ecology & Environmental Problems for the world? • You

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