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Ecology & Environmental Problems
Dr. Ron ChesserLecture #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”? Who is “us”…”me” or “me and some of them”?
With what resources? By which means?
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
Where does your $$ go?
http://www.oecd.org/countrylist/0,2578,en_2649_34447_1783495_1_1_1_1,00.html#u
It’s your $$$...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
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?
Which Distribution of Resources is Best?
Low Resources HighMedium
Freq.
Which Distribution of Resources is Best? – AT WHICH SCALE? LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL????
Low Resources HighMedium
Freq.
Which Distribution of Resources is Best? –LOCAL
Low Resources HighMedium
Freq.
Which Distribution of Resources is Best? –National
Low Resources HighMedium
Freq.
Which Distribution of Resources is Best? –International
Low Resources HighMedium
Freq.
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)
RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
VARIANCE OF RESOURCEAVAILABILITY
LOW - LOW LOW - HIGH
HIGH – LOW HIGH - HIGH
LOW CONFLICTLOW FITNESS
HIGH CONFLICTLOW FITNESS
LOW CONFLICTHIGH FITNESS
HIGH CONFLICTHIGH FITNESS
Ecology & Environmental Problems ---
“Think Globally…Act locally.” Can you do this? Are decisions dependent on scale? Does it matter?
Who will make future decisions on Ecology & Environmental Problems for the world?
You