Now we come to my first entry reflexive. How to begin? The list of global problems is long: poverty, climate, resource scarcity, hunger, military conflict, the retreat of the global species diversity, access to education, inequality between the sexes, population groups, ethnic groups and peoples, etc. . just to name a few. It is also important that one should consider these problems as in several or individual points connected. Severe poverty in many parts of the country's population, for example, with an unstable political and / or military Location related, but also through lack of resources and the associated dependence on loans of richer countries to finance purchases of the required resources or owners of the resources required to provide them directly against such return. Poverty often goes hand in hand with corrupt or infrastructure is in countries with strong agricultural monocultures often present as the only export product, which already reached the circle to Ressourcenknappeit and the related function of other states and thus on imports and the corresponding world market prices is closed. The monocultures, often also result from colonial times, but have also to two other compounds towards global problems: climate change and decline of species diversity, both of which are themselves closely linked. That cultivated by a primary product (eg corn) the diversity of other species - be they plants or animals dependent on them - back, might be difficult to understand. To see the connection to climate change or global warming, however, requires a few more extensive thought processes, even if this should not be difficult for many: When we look at the example of the Corn bear in mind from before (soy, wheat and canola would also conceivable), it quickly becomes clear that for a large demand for these products also large areas for cultivation are required. For more fertile soil is important. Both could be obtained by the clearing of large forested areas preferred, rain forest, as it happens in Brazil and Africa .* Of course, you argue, why not just sufficient existing soil is fertilized. But apparently the way seems to open up new areas former forests to be effective (this should be investigated further in subsequent articles). Another point is that through the cultivation of a single plant species, the ecosystem of the soil is changed so that it is adapted to the needs of this species, so that there is created a favorable soil environment for this plant . In this way it is later difficult to establish themselves there other plants or that new ecosystems. By the slash and burn are not only important for the storage lost as climate-damaging carbon dioxide, which also nor oxygen release, but that in the plants - carbon dioxide released is stored in large quantities in the atmosphere and contributes in so two or three times to global warming - especially in the trees.
As you can see, it is easy to get lost quickly in the face of the global problems and their relationships in the details. But since it is often necessary, these details to understand the relationship to keep in mind, one should be careful to never lose track of, and to fritter Sun The list of common compounds of various global problems would easily be continued and set out - what will happen in future articles as well. What is still missing as evidence for the arguments that have been supplied in this article. These will follow as soon as possible so that they are not missing the base. Also, if I am still largely relies on known facts and school knowledge, yet, any allegation be proven sound.
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Well, let's go to my first reflective entry. With what shall I begin with? The list of global problems is long: poverty, climate, resources insufficiency, hunger, military conflicts, the decline of the diversity of species worldwide, access to education, imparity between genders, classes of society, ethnical groups and nations, violations of human rights etc., just to name the most important ones. It is important as well to recognize the linkage of these problems with one another in some or several aspects. For example, great poverty of large sections of a population of a country might be based on political or military instabilities, but might be linked likewise with insufficiency of resources and with the dependency on therefore needed loans to the government by richer countries to buy the essential supplies or the direct dependency on owners of those resources, which grant them for corresponding services in return. Poverty is often accompanied by corrupt infrastructures or is found in countries with distinctive one-crop systems, which are the only export products. Thus, a circle is formed around poverty, resources insufficiency and the linked dependency on imports and on the corresponding world market prices. But one-crop systems, often originating from the colonial era, are indicating additionally on to two further linkages to global problems: climatic change and the decline of the diversity of species, which both are strongly linked to each other. That the variety of other species – be them other plants or on a specific eco-system depending animals – declines or is endangered by a prior cultivated product (e. g. corn) can be understood easily. To imagine the linkage to climatic change and to global warming respectively some more far-reaching thinking merits are necessary, but might not be much harder to understand by many people: If we bear the example of the corn in mind (soy, wheat or oil seed rape can be thought of similarly), it becomes quickly clear that big areas for the cultivation are needed to satisfy high demands on these products. Fertile soil is important as well. Both can be gained by cutting down big forest areas, preferentially rain forests, as it is being done in
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* This, however, are still often two steps upstream (Brazil): the fine wood traders and cattle farmers. Fellers cut valuable wood for wood traders and left lanes and paths that make it easier for the subsequent burning by cattle farmers in order to create new pastures for cattle. Did the cattle grazing the ground by finally leveled so that the cattle need new pastures, the soil for grain farmers (mainly soy farmers in Brazil) paved.
Often there are two more steps before this, though (Brazil): the one of the traders of precious wood and the one of the cattle farmers. Woodcutters cut precious wood for the traders and leave Aisles and ways behind, Which make it easier for cattle farmers to slash and burn the remaining woods to make new pastures for herds of cattle. When the cattle has finally leveled down the soil by grazing it, so that the herds of cattle need new pastures, the soil is made ready for the crop farmers (mostly soy farmers in Brazil).
