ENVS 1126 Lecture : Lecture 1
Document Summary
Easter sunday in 1722, dutch sailors named a remote south pacific island. Originally abundant with forests, but inhabitants cut them down. The population increases beyond capacity of the land and water to provide food for all. Grown 6 fold in the last 200 years. Continues to grow by nearly 75 million people per year. By 2050, there could be 9. 1 billion people. In 2000, all un members adopted the mdgs. To reduce extreme poverty and its effects on human well-being. If these goals were met by 2015, 400 million people would be lifted out of. Measles deaths in africa has been reduced by 91% Large inequalities of wealthy and poor extreme poverty. Real income in most developing countries is falling. Gathered information on the world"s ecosystem earth"s surface, which warms the lower atmosphere. Humans have altered the worlds ecosystem more rapidly and profoundly over the past 50 years than any other time.
