ENVIRON 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Habitat Destruction, Sulfur Dioxide, Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods
Document Summary
Pollution of the environment can be in the land, air, and water. Definition: the emission of any impurity into the air, such as smoke (including tobacco smoke), dust, cinders, solid particles, gases, mists, fumes, odours and radioactive substances. Air pollution and smoke in inner mongolia: you can barely see anything. Change in forest composition shift geographic range of forests forest health and productivity. Emissions / discharges from industry, transport and energy production. Cause of serious damage to water sources and environment. Production, use and disposal of chemicals including pesticides. Irresponsible international trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes. Effective management of production, transport, storage and use of chemicals. Variability among living organisms within species or between species of an ecosystem. Introduction of disease and invasive species via smuggling. Access and benefit sharing implementing laws and regulations. Acid rain results primarily from emission of sulfur dioxide (so2 and nitrogen oxides (nox) into the air.
