global shift env impacts

Question 1

loss of biodiversity

Answer 1

-WWF found that half of vertebrate species had vanished since 1970

• in the 90’s vietnam lost 78% of primary forests despite being in worlds top 10 biodiversity centres

-scientists say loss of species lead to pandemics, wildfires, rise in invasive populations

Question 2

overexploitation

Answer 2

• amazon cleared in ecuador
• Cerrado savannah converted to soy fields in brazil
• Oil fields under dev in venezuela
  -All this for china
• Kerala India, companies have extracted groundwater for bottled and now cant be used anymore as overextracted and little remaining is polluted from sedimentation

Question 3

land degredation

Answer 3

• china has 22% worlds pop but 7.2% farmland
  -deforestation and oversensitive grazing
  -sediment clogs water ways

Question 4

water air pollution

Answer 4

• smog
  -overblooming of algae
  -large % of water cant be bathed in

Question 5

winners of global shift

Answer 5

-consumers and producers

Question 6

losers

Answer 6

• fishing farmers
  -fish
  -children as air affects them most
  -animals