Overview Lecture

Cards (7)

what are the three main primary driving forces causing global changes?
increasing human population and overpopulation, anthropogenic climate change and pollution
what are the secondary driving forces causing global changes?
water availability and energy demand
what does the imbalance between demand for food and agricultural production caused by overpopulation lead to?
intensification of agriculture and deforestation and desertification
how much of the planet's habitable land is dedicated to agriculture?
half
what does the Montreal protocol ban?
the use of methyl bromide as a soil fumigant
was has the Montreal Protocol's ban on methyl bromide led to?
polar ozone levels recovering
which treaty banned the use of methyl bromide as a soil fugiment?
the Montreal protocol