revolution. Now that they have cut down their rise, deserts advance, and natural disasters own trees, polluted their water sources and become more common. It is no use Europe poured billions of tons of carbon into the air, trying to cut its emissions into the atmosphere they are in no position to tell others to behave if unchecked growth in China and India leads differently. In any case, as countries become to much greater overall pollution. Instead, richer they become more concerned about developed countries need to transfer greener the environment, and can afford to do technologies to the developing world, paying something about it. For developing countries for environmental protection and making conservation can therefore wait until they are sustainability a condition for aid. richer. Thought Card 13 Thought Card 14 The Revolution” has doubled the size The Green Revolution is threatening the “Green of grain harvests. Thus, cutting down more biodiversity of the Third World by replacing forests to provide more space for crops is no native seeds with hybrids. We do not know longer necessary. We now have the what the long-term environmental or knowledge to feed the world’s increasing economic consequences will be. We do know population without harming the environment. that in the short run, such hybrid crops can Genetically modified crops can also benefit cause environmental problems by crowding the developing world by requiring much less out native plants and the wildlife which relies water, fertiliser or pesticide use while giving on them. The farmer growing hybrid crops better yields. This is another example of must buy costly new seed every year because economic development leading to it cannot be saved to plant the following environmental benefits. year’s crops. Farmers using hybrid seeds in what was the richest part of India went bankrupt. As a result, fertile lands lay idle and unploughed, resulting in droughts and desertification. Source: Worksheet 3: Relationships between development’ and ‘economic Protection’ ‘environmental Recap the key points from the class activity in the table below.
revolution. Now that they have cut down their own trees, polluted their water sources and poured billions of tons of carbon into the air, they are in no position to tell others to behave differently. In any case, as countries become richer they become more concerned about the environment, and can afford to do something about it. For developing countries conservation can therefore wait until they are richer. rise, deserts advance, and natural disasters become more common. It is no use Europe trying to cut its emissions into the atmosphere if unchecked growth in China and India leads to much greater overall pollution. Instead, developed countries need to transfer greener technologies to the developing world, paying for environmental protection and making sustainability a condition for aid. Thought Card 13 The “Green Revolution” has doubled the size of grain harvests. Thus, cutting down more forests to provide more space for crops is no longer necessary. We now have the knowledge to feed the world’s increasing population without harming the environment. Genetically modified crops can also benefit the developing world by requiring much less water, fertiliser or pesticide use while giving better yields. This is another example of economic development leading to environmental benefits. Thought Card 14 The Green Revolution is threatening the biodiversity of the Third World by replacing native seeds with hybrids. We do not know what the long-term environmental or economic consequences will be. We do know that in the short run, such hybrid crops can cause environmental problems by crowding out native plants and the wildlife which relies on them. The farmer growing hybrid crops must buy costly new seed every year because it cannot be saved to plant the following year’s crops. Farmers using hybrid seeds in what was the richest part of India went bankrupt. As a result, fertile lands lay idle and unploughed, resulting in droughts and desertification. Source: Worksheet 3: Relationships between ‘economic development’ and ‘environmental Protection’ Recap the key points from the class activity in the table below.
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