GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gas Flare, Agip, Burping
30 Apr 2018
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Nigeria: Oil
- The flames spout day and night from tall smokestacks, fired by the gas that is a
byproduct of oil pumped here by the Italian company Agip.
- As many as 100 flares burn at petroleum companies' outposts across the oil-rich delta,
belching harmful greenhouse gases and, human rights activists say, sickening residents.
- But analysts say Nigeria may be embarking on its most serious effort to stop gas- flaring,
which amounts to cash going up in smoke -- as much as $2.5 billion worth a year.
- The government, is working on a multibillion-dollar plan for three privately financed
plants and pipelines to gather and process gas primarily for domestic power.
Changing the landscape
- Deforestation
o the removal of trees from a forested area without adequate replanting.
- Desertification
o the extension of desert like conditions as a result of climatic change or human
activities.
o Such as overgrazing or deforestation, usually in arid or semi-arid regions.
o Desertification is an example of environmental change caused by a combination
of atural ad hua pheoeo proesses operatig at Earth’s surfae.
o In semiarid areas the process can degrade the soil where only certain plants can
grow.
o Sometimes may be irreversible, at least over a short period
o Afria’s 965 million people are facing significant environmental challenges at a
time or rapid economic growth.
o % of Afria’s agriultural lad hae ee degraded y erosio, iig, loggig,
and other damages.
o Water is scare for one in three Africans.
o Afria has 1% of the orld’s populatio ut aouts for oly % of aro
emissions.
Brazil and deforestation
- Much of the deforestation occurring in tropical areas such as the Amazon are
government induced.
- Brazil is among the countries where governments subsidize projects aimed at converting
forests to other uses, such as farming, cattle ranching, and industry.
- Their economic policies are driven by the pressure of growing population numbers, the
need for more agricultural land, expanded demand for fuel and commercial wood, and a
mid-latitude market for beef that can be satisfied profitably by replacing tropical forest
with cleared grazing land.
- Current real estate values shows trees as obstacles to prosperity: An acre of standing
forest cost $175 while the same acre cleared for plantation sells for $1,215.
- Programs have begun to pay farmers to maintain the forest.
o Carbon-Trading Market: Companies in violation of emissions are buying
allowances from companies that emit less than the limit.
o A program is paying farmers $8,000 upfront to reforest areas near wetlands.
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Document Summary
The flames spout day and night from tall smokestacks, fired by the gas that is a byproduct of oil pumped here by the italian company agip. As many as 100 flares burn at petroleum companies" outposts across the oil-rich delta, belching harmful greenhouse gases and, human rights activists say, sickening residents. But analysts say nigeria may be embarking on its most serious effort to stop gas- flaring, which amounts to cash going up in smoke -- as much as . 5 billion worth a year. The government, is working on a multibillion-dollar plan for three privately financed plants and pipelines to gather and process gas primarily for domestic power. Deforestation: the removal of trees from a forested area without adequate replanting. Much of the deforestation occurring in tropical areas such as the amazon are government induced. Brazil is among the countries where governments subsidize projects aimed at converting forests to other uses, such as farming, cattle ranching, and industry.
