Consequences of globalisation
AS Geography Edexcel Unit 1: Global Challenges exam.
Consequences of globalisation
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- Consequences of globalisation
- Environmental
- Consequences of globalisation
- Vast amount of areas are destroyed
- Expand cities
- Build cities
- e.g. cattle ranches
- McDonalds
- (forests)
- Need for fuel
- Mineral reserve
- 2nd biggest iron mine in the Amazon
- Timber was shipped away
- e.g. Mahogany
- $12,000 dollars for a Mahogany tree
- One of the biggest importers for Mahogany is the UK
- e.g. Mahogany
- Tropical rain forests cover less than 5% of the Earth yet they are biodiversity hotspots
- Hold 1/2 of the known species
- At the current rate, the forests will be gone within 50 years.
- By the WWF
- Food
- In Brazil, soybeans can make $3,000 per hectare for clearing forests
- 1/2 of deforestation in Africa is carried out by subsistence farmers
- Biodiversity
- Services
- Regulates temperature
- Stops soil erosion
- Regulates water cycle
- Habitat
- Carbon sink
- Gene pool
- Goods
- Timber
- Soya beans
- Brazil nut
- Medicine
- Services
- Via deforestation
- Globally, deforestation releases more Carbon Dioxide than all types of transport combined
- The UN
- Debt for nature swaps
- It frees up debt if the country promises not to cut the rain-forest down.
- Ecosystems can be destroyed
- More rapid run off of rainfall
- Increased soil erosion and the risk of flooding
- Globally, deforestation releases more Carbon Dioxide than all types of transport combined
- Ecological footprint is a measure of the amount of land and water that a population needs in order to produce the resources that it consumes and to absorb its waste, with existing technology
- Economic
- At the current economic growth, we will need two planet's worth of natural resources by 2050.
- Environmental
- Vast amount of areas are destroyed
- Expand cities
- Build cities
- e.g. cattle ranches
- McDonalds
- (forests)
- Need for fuel
- Mineral reserve
- 2nd biggest iron mine in the Amazon
- Timber was shipped away
- e.g. Mahogany
- $12,000 dollars for a Mahogany tree
- One of the biggest importers for Mahogany is the UK
- e.g. Mahogany
- Tropical rain forests cover less than 5% of the Earth yet they are biodiversity hotspots
- Hold 1/2 of the known species
- At the current rate, the forests will be gone within 50 years.
- By the WWF
- Food
- In Brazil, soybeans can make $3,000 per hectare for clearing forests
- 1/2 of deforestation in Africa is carried out by subsistence farmers
- Biodiversity
- Services
- Regulates temperature
- Stops soil erosion
- Regulates water cycle
- Habitat
- Carbon sink
- Gene pool
- Goods
- Timber
- Soya beans
- Brazil nut
- Medicine
- Services
- Via deforestation
- Globally, deforestation releases more Carbon Dioxide than all types of transport combined
- The UN
- Debt for nature swaps
- It frees up debt if the country promises not to cut the rain-forest down.
- Ecosystems can be destroyed
- More rapid run off of rainfall
- Increased soil erosion and the risk of flooding
- Globally, deforestation releases more Carbon Dioxide than all types of transport combined
- Ecological footprint is a measure of the amount of land and water that a population needs in order to produce the resources that it consumes and to absorb its waste, with existing technology
- Vast amount of areas are destroyed
- Environmental
- At the current economic growth, we will need two planet's worth of natural resources by 2050.
- Social
- Tourism is the world's biggest industry with over 800 million international tourists in 2010
- Economic
- At the current economic growth, we will need two planet's worth of natural resources by 2050.
- At the current economic growth, we will need two planet's worth of natural resources by 2050.
- 1/4 of the jobs are directly or indirectly influenced by tourism in the world.
- It allows tourists to travel to exotic and distant locations
- The growth of tourism has been and still is the major driving force behind globalisation
- Economic
- Developing countries see the tourist industry as means of development
- CASE STUDY: Cuba
- Varadero is Cuba's most famous resort
- 40% of the tourists that visit Cuba stay in Varadero
- 140km from the capital Havana
- Also known as Playa Azul
- 'Blue Beach' in Spanish
- It has its own airport
- 1 million tourists in 2009
- There is a Varahicaos Ecological Reserve
- There is a harbour at the south penisula
- The coast is densely populated with hotels
- REPATRIATION OF PROFITS
- Money is leaked back home
- e.g. Iberostar
- Money is leaked back home
- TOURIST ENCLAVE
- Tourists stay in their resort and don't benefit the local economy.
- ADVANTAGES OF TOURISM +
- Taxes on tourists
- Virgin Atlantic Airways began direct flights to Cuba
- Income supports economic development
- DISADVANTAGES OF TOURISM -
- ADVANTAGES OF TOURISM +
- Taxes on tourists
- Virgin Atlantic Airways began direct flights to Cuba
- Income supports economic development
- Average salary is only $20 a month
- Locals become dependent on tourism which is a very volatile industry
- Loss of Cuban culture
- Profits repaturated
- ADVANTAGES OF TOURISM +
- In 2004, a new tourist currency was devised -the Cuban convertible Peso which is linked to the US dollar.
- 80,000 people work in the tourist industry in Cuba.
- In 1990, 18 foreign airlines connected to Cuba, However, in 2005, 93 foreign airlines connected to 40 capital cities including Havana.
- EtHiCaL
- Stay in family homes
- Places such as Las Terrazas offer eco-tourism excursions
- Cuba's first sustainable eco-resort developed in Pinar del Rio (west of Cuba)
- ACTIVITIES
- Bird watching
- Involved in biodiversity management
- There are 263 protected areas including 6 UNESCO biospheres
- Varadero is Cuba's most famous resort
- Tourism is the world's biggest industry with over 800 million international tourists in 2010
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