PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Global Commons, Nationstates, Genetically Modified Organism
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Governance of the environment (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Canada ranks with a c when graded on environmental use/sustainability. Governing the environment can be particularly tricky. Panda and red panda, both from nepal. Tar sands in alberta emitting huge amounts of greenhouse gases. Sovereignty: only looking out for themselves, not worrying about anyone else. Conflicting scientific data: scientists all over the world who are testing how much we can put into the air, people and states align themselves with the data that they believe will be useful to their particular cause. Damage caused by pollution: earliest in the 1930s, i. e. Established for the first time this notion that countries were liable for any damage that their citizens cause (pollution-wise) in other countries. Only that country is allowed to do any economic activities relating to the ocean within 200 nautical miles of the shoreline: 1946 international convention for the regulation of whaling.
