Key Terms Flashcards
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Food security
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- when all ppl at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy + active life
2
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Malnutrition
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- condition that develops when body doesn’t get right amount of vitamins, minerals + other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues + organ function
3
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Agricultural technology
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- application of techniques to control growth + harvesting of animal + vegetable products
4
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Green revolution
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- introduction of high-yielding seeds + modern agri. techniques in LICs
5
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Perennial crops
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- crops that don’t die off once harvested. exist for yrs before reseeding may be required
6
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War
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- armed conflict within countries or between countries
7
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Trade barriers
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- legal obstacles to trade, mainly in form of tariffs, quotas, + regulations regarding trade in goods + services
8
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Ecological footprint
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- indicator of sustainability, that expresses relationship between pop. + natural envi.
9
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Biocapacity
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- capacity of an area or ecosystem to generate an ongoing supple of resources + to absorb its wastes
10
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Global hectare
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- biologically productive space w worlds avg. productivity
11
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Carbon footprint
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- total set of green house gas emissions caused directly + indirectly by an individual, organisation, event or product
12
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Overshoot
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- occurs when humanity’s demand on nature exceeds biosphere’s supply or regenerative capacity
13
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Optimum population
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- size of pop that achieves a given aim in most satisfactory way
14
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Economic optimum
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- lvl of pop. that, through production of goods + services, provides highest avg. standard of living
15
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Underpopulated
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- when too few ppl I’m area to efficiently use resources available
