Water access and scarcity Flashcards
How has land grabbing impacted on water scarcity?
Wealthy countries have bought parts of poorer countries to increase assets. These land areas could have been used to produce food / habitat / water for the impoverished. Less space = more strain on resources.
Which renewable energy has the best and most efficient return?
Hydropower
How much sediment are we dumping into the oceans each year?
A Gigaton
How can agriculture impact on coastal erosion?
Converting pristine forest to bio-fuel crop pasture increases erosion hugely and means coastlines are more susceptible to damage.
How can the world’s biomes have a velocity?
Temperature change means the world’s biomes are moving.
What is the term for where one biome meets another biome?
Ecotone
How is it possible to get biomes through fragmented landscapes?
Assisted migration. For example tree planting.
