Thursday, March 21, 2013

Environmental Manager comments about Cornucopian Theory



We do not believe that the Cornucopian perspective is the right one because even though there are countries who require DDT they should find alternative resources that will help them. We need to focus on our health and future if we want to have a sustainable future. Even though technology is somehow required in order to have alternative sources you should consider a way to involve the green aspect, in order to find alternative solutions for the underdeveloped countries so they stop using DDT. As well they should be considering that many countries don't have the resources to afford alternative advanced technologies. Technologies could only continue to advance if we keep our health and sustain our future. Even small amounts of DDT can affect microorganism. Undeveloped countries should consider different solutions for malaria because even though they are saving they're people from this disease they are harming they're future health.  The use of DDT increased enormously on a worldwide basis after World War II, primarily because of its effectiveness against the mosquito that spreads malaria: it can be seen on the graph how after the World War II, also global average temperature began to increase significantly. This indicates that the increase in the use of DDT in the World comes with an impact on the global temperature. However it can be seen on the graph below, that since year 2000 the global average temperature began to raise even faster, therefore it can be said that one of the reason for the Stockholm Convention in 2001 banned DDT use in agriculture, as an alternative way to prevent raises in temperature. 


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