Geography paper 2

• Example of a transition town - Totnes
• Examples of local currencies - Bristol and Totnes pound
• WRAP (Waste and resources action programme) - run food campaigns such as 'love food hate waste'
• Primark is a member of the ethical trading initiative meaning it must meet international ethical standards
• In 2014 only 8% of Starbucks coffee was fairtrade certified
• EU target for recycling - 65% by 2020 and 70% by 2030
• Germany rate of recycling = 68%
• UK current rate of recycling = 44%
• Leeds waste plant produces enough energy to continuously power 22,000 homes
• Local agenda 21 in 1992 allowed greater control to local governments - Isle of white put bins in tourist hotspots and now recycles more than 55% of waste
• Until 2019 Japan had one of the strictest immigration policies in the world - it was softened by the 2019 Japanese immigration control and refugee act as a response to the ageing population
• Canada implemented the worlds 1st points-based immigration policy in 1967
• Australian employers unimpressed with the points-based immigration system - 13.5% of new immigrations in 2013 were unemployed
• BBC estimates 2 million people are monitoring the internet for the chinese government
• In 2019 the freedom from press index said 72/180 countries were 'difficult' or 'very serious' - China was ranked 177th
• Google withdrew its services from China in 2010 as they asked to censor information on the Tiananmen square riot
• In 2016 China dumped cheap steel in global markets which had been heavily subsidised by the government - as a result Tata steel lost £1 million/day and had to put all UK steel plant for sale
• France tax cinema tickets and the funds are re-invested - only 50% of films are USA imports compared to 60-90% of other EU countries
• There are 634 recognised First nation indigenous groups in Canada
• The Fort Mckay first nations group worked with canadian oil sands companies to ensure the protection of their land
• Rise of nationalist parties in Europe - National Rally (France) and Freedom Party of Austria (Austria)
• Water conflict - the 1995 Mekong agreement signed by all countries that share the river other than China
• 52% of UK population believe increased immigration of refugees will increase terrorism
• By 1970s average income per person in the 10 richest countries was 40x higher than the 10 poorest
• Around 3 million people live in the city next to the 3 gorges dam which is chinas dirtiest city
• Between 1990 and 2005 the world lost 3% of forests
• Between 1990 and 2004 GHG emissions from aviation increased by 86%
• Forest cover on the Philippine island of Negros which produces sugar has reduced from 90% to 4%
• 1.5 billion speak english worldwide
• There is an estimated 7100 languages - 40% of which are under threat
• Missionaries went into Papua new guinea and spread the promotion of the nuclear family and suppressed behaviour which was seen as animalistic for example cannibalisms for ritualistic purpose
• Number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by 800 million in China between 1980s and 2022
• In 1990 3 technological parks were set up in Bangalore
• India has the 2nd largest english speaking population
• A call centre worker in India earns 3x more than the average income
• In 2008 around 33% of the yellow river in Northern China was considered too polluted to be used for drinking water
• WWF reported that in the last 40 years 1/2 of China's land based animals had been lost
• There has been a 61% decline of biodiversity in tropical areas
• In Detroit in some low income districts the life expectancy is 30 years lower than in some affluent districts
• Unemployment in Redcar is higher than 7%