CHEM 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Canadian International Development Agency, World Food Programme, Ecological Footprint
11 Oct 2018
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Canadians are still consuming a lot of resources per capita, and the footprint in north america where. Canada belongs has a very large ecological footprint of 7. 6 gha, compared to other area of the world with lesser ecological footprint, like china with 2. 1 gha and 0. 7gha for most people living in west. Africa; canada is still at the very top. These substances such as carbon dioxide and fossil fuel burning, releases gases which goes into the atmosphere and as a result causing global warming. The atmosphere is a common resource because no one personally owns or controls them and is used for free by everyone. Because it is not owned or controlled by anyone, there is no reason for people to help conserve the atmosphere. This build up of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere affects most of the resources we relied on such as water, agriculture and biodiversity.
