Issues in Canadian Geography

demography

UN DESA Policy Brief No. 153: India overtakes China as the world’s most populous country


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in 1971 china and india the law was that you can only give birth 6 times in your life time

Demography

Dont panic

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More doctors in urban areasGetting accesses to clean water is a problem Fertility rates are still high in rural africaThey need a bike for transportationThere's a big gape between the rich and the poorAs income increases life span increases50 years ago a lot of people moved out of extreme povertypeople can get stuck in a cycle of povertyhow do we get out of poverty without further environmental damage

this what canada will look like in 20 years

Sustainable Communities

Physical Geography

A geologist explains why Iceland may soon see a volcanic eruption

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thousands of earthquakes recently have shaken the icelandic fishing town of grindavik about 30miles away from the capital reykjavik

Landform regions

Physical Processes

Sustainable use of Resources

ADVANCING REUSE IN CANADA THROUGH INNOVATIVE PILOT PROGRAMMING

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in 2015 there was 244 million international migrants almost 7 times in canadian population, including 65 million people being forced to leave their home country because of war.

Forestry and Forestry Issues

Vegetation regions

Terms for background

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Clear-cut is when you cut every single tree in thewhole area The bulk of logging operations employ this technique since it's the quickest and least expensive. Every tree is cut down by loggers, leaving a desolate trail in what remains. The way they cut the trees is used in Northern forests of poplar, aspen, fir, spruce and pine. Replanting may not work or may not be successful, in which case, less desirable species may proliferate. Furthermore, the land may sustain harm and the exposed soil may deteriorate.

1% of Old Growth remains- Ancient forest logged amd gone.

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The Disappearance of Old Growth Forest on Vancouver Island

the protests

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they are doing protests to stop logging the treesClayoquot Sound: War in the Woods: late 80s /early 90sfairy Creek: the last stand [2021]more then 97 percent of old growth trees.its an important spiritual area for first nations.big lonely Doug is the name.

mining

3 types of mining

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open pitundergroundstrip

tar sands, tailings ponds and exxon valdez

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tailings ponds:"ponds" where they store the chemicals used to separatevaluable mined material from waste rock or dirt. the ponds have toxic chemicals. ducks mistake......

oil spills exxon valdez and bp gulf of mexico

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in 1989 in prince williams sound, alaska, 11 million gallons of oil spilled

bp deepwater horizon

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the largest marine oil spill in history

mining watch canada

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people power and pushback first quantum's stock price plummets adimist massive protests in panama

fisheries

in the news... climate change imapacts fisheries in india

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the indian ocean is warming faster then any other.problems: plastic in the oceanstechnologypirate fishing

problem with fisheries

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problems: plastic in the oceanstechnologypirate fishing

the collapse of the east coast cod fishery

Clearcutting threatens Woodland Caribou

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their cutting the clear forests and that's effecting the winter carbouis

Land Use

urbanzation

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most of the world population now lives in cities or towns

type of land use

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what are types of land use?5 percent of land use is used for commricals almost 10 percent of the land in cities

RE: TV tethink waste

rooftop revolution

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they are planting plantes on rooftops bees need more planets because they are dying

nuclear storage debate