Water Flashcards
What is land grabbing?
Lazarus, 2014
It refers to large-scale land acquisitions mainly by private investors but also by public investors and agribusiness that buy farmland or lease it on a long-term basis to produce agricultural commodities.
What is water grabbing?
Rulli et al., 2013
Societal pressure on the global land and freshwater resources is increasing as a result of the rising food demand by the growing human population, dietary changes, and the enhancement of biofuel production induced by the rising oil prices and recent changes in United States and European Union bioethanol policies. Many countries and corporations have started to acquire relatively inexpensive and productive agricultural land located in foreign countries.
What will become the most important commodity?
Pearce, 2013
“Water will eventually become the single most important commodity, dwarfing oil and metals”
How will climate change affect renewable freshwater resources
Oki and Kanae, 2006
Climate change is expected to accelerate water cycles and thereby increase the available renewable freshwater resources
How much of the world’s population has high water insecurity.
Vorosmarty et al., 2010
80% of the world’s population is exposed to high levels of threat to water security.
All names
Lazarus, 2014
Rulli et al., 2013
Pearce, 2013
Oki and Kanae, 2006
Vorosmarty et al., 2010
It refers to large-scale land acquisitions mainly by private investors but also by public investors and agribusiness that buy farmland or lease it on a long-term basis to produce agricultural commodities.
What is land grabbing?
Lazarus, 2014
Societal pressure on the global land and freshwater resources is increasing as a result of the rising food demand by the growing human population, dietary changes, and the enhancement of biofuel production induced by the rising oil prices and recent changes in United States and European Union bioethanol policies. Many countries and corporations have started to acquire relatively inexpensive and productive agricultural land located in foreign countries.
What is water grabbing?
Rulli et al., 2013
“Water will eventually become the single most important commodity, dwarfing oil and metals”
What will become the most important commodity?
Pearce, 2013
Climate change is expected to accelerate water cycles and thereby increase the available renewable freshwater resources
How will climate change affect renewable freshwater resources
Oki and Kanae, 2006
80% of the world’s population is exposed to high levels of threat to water security.
How much of the world’s population has high water insecurity.
Vorosmarty et al., 2010
