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Local carrying capacity and sustainability: to what extent can “reduce, recycle and re-use” help to re-define constraints on population growth? To what extent is globalization contributing to carrying capacity in the short-, medium- and longer- terms?
Posted on July 25th, 2009Categorized as Social-Ecological Systems Tagged as carrying capacity, ecosystems, globalization, population
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Such answers might help people understand their profound dependence on ecosystems for their survival and thus perhaps influence policy.
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When it comes to reducing environmental degradation, what specific challenges are presented by globalization (in terms of the free-flow of money, commodities, and people, and the global power of multinationals) vis a vis the institutional limits of national government jurisdictions?
Posted on August 11th, 2009Categorized as Social Science, Social-Ecological Systems Tagged as commodity chains, economy, globalization, governance
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In a world of unequal wealth, different governmental regimes, and very different laws and law-enforcement capabilities, how do we regulate/transform processes of environmental degradation that span the globe? e.g. the felling of the rainforest in Amazonia is in part linked to demand for ethanol in the U.S. Conflicts over oil in Nigeria are linked to the ongoing global growth in demand for oil in the world. What are points of leverage for halting these practices up and down the commodity chains? How does “the world” regulate such processes (given the failure of the WTO to come to even basic agreements that seem fair to all players)? Obstacles include conducting research on the entire length of commodity chains, parts of which are heavily protected by authoritarian governments and secretive corporations.
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What coud be the evolution of emerging pathogenic agents in relation with global earth changes?
Posted on August 16th, 2009Categorized as Biodiversity, Human Health, Interdisciplinary Tagged as diseases, global warming, globalization, Health, public health
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Earth warming, ecological changes and globalization of transportation may induce further spread of insect born diseases away from the tropics. Large numbers of population might not be ready to cope with the threat with their natural defenses, or with public health procedures.
