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Environmental Awareness
IB HL
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People Involved
• Gerald Durrell: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
• Groups: Greenpeace and the WWF.
• Politicians and Scientists: Al Gore and Dian Fossey.
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The Conflict
• Economic Development Vs. Environmental Conservation and Management.
• There is a need for strategic thinking and planning.
• This needs to be sustainable.
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Role Of Greenpeace
• An international environmental organisation founded in Vancouver, Canada in 1971.
• Tackles issues such as waste disposal, deforestation, nuclear power, harvesting of seal cubs and industrial pollution.
• Greenpeace’s goal is “to ensure the continuing ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity”
• Greenpeace exists in over 40 countries.
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Greenpeace’s Main Interests
• Stopping climate change.• Preserving oceans.• Saving ancient forests.• Campaigning for peace and nuclear
disarmament.• Promoting sustainable farming.• Eliminating toxic chemicals.
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The WWF
• Includes all aspects of nature conservation (as in the past the WWF was mainly concerned with endangered species).
• Has over 5 million supporters globally.• Increasingly concerned with environmental
destruction.• The WWF is interested in climate change, global
warming, freshwater ecosystems, marine ecosystems, species and diversity, sustainability, agriculture, toxins, trade and investment.
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Activities
• Using Geography For The IB Diploma P125-127, answer the following…
1.What did Greenpeace first protest against?2.What does Greenpeace’s tradition of “bearing
witness” mean?3.What 6 things are Greenpeace trying to
improve?4.How has Greenpeace’s actions been
criticised?
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Activities
• Using Geography Course Companion P362-363, answer the following…
1.How have Greenpeace and the WWF improved environmental management?
2.What are the aims of these 2 groups?3.Are there some things that one group does
that the other does not?4.Which do you feel is better at improving
environmental management? Why?