GTAV AC:G Y9 - Biomes and food security

GTAV AC:G Y9 - Biomes and food security

CD - The environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world

CD - The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably feed the projected future population to achieve food security for Australia and the world.

CD - The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably feed the projected future population to achieve food security for Australia and the world.

CD - The distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils, vegetation and productivity.

CD - The human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres, and the environmental effects of these alterations.

Select number 7 for Isahaya Bay, Japan.

An effort to reclaim tidal flats in this area of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu began a year prior to the 1990 image at left. Although a substantial portion of the area behind the seawall (visible as a diagonal gray line) has been fully converted to agriculture, Japanese citizens groups continue to protest the destruction of wetlands and other ecological damage caused by the project.

CD - The human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres, and the environmental effects of these alterations.

Select number 4 for Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras.

Estuaries and wetlands in many parts of the world are being heavily altered for aquaculture. In southwestern Honduras, large areas of mangrove swamps have been converted to shrimp farms. The farms can have economic benefits, but at the cost of natural habitat that is important to healthy coastal and marine ecosystems—and to the people who depend on them for a living.

CD - The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably feed the projected future population to achieve food security for Australia and the world.

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CD - The challenges to food production, including land and water degradation, shortage of fresh water, competing land uses, and climate change, for Australia and other areas of the world.

CD - The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably feed the projected future population to achieve food security for Australia and the world.

Jamaica's historical agricultural products are cash crops that were connected to the plantation economy and in turn slavery.  Today, Jamaica is restructuring their agricultural production to address local food security issues rather than global market commodities. This push will increase food security and to do so the government started a campaign with the slogan “grow what we eat, eat what we grow.” Grocery stores in Jamaica now identify local produce with large stickers and prominent displays as school children, backyard gardens and local businesses are all a part of the new agricultural initiative.

CD - The environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world.

Students can explore some of the historical and contemporary innovations and farming practices that have made Australian farmers among the best in the world. They can also consider the agricultural use of the land in a variety of locations, highlighting the importance of good farming practice to maintain sustainable production.

CD - The human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres, and the environmental effects of these alterations.

Select number 5 for Coastal Malaysia.

Large tracts of land in Malaysia, Indonesia, and other tropical countries have been converted to oil palm plantations like the one visible in the more recent image at right. Palm oil is used in a variety of food products, and has been touted as a biofuel. Increased demand for palm oil has led to destruction of large tracts of rain forest, and has raised concerns about pollution from fertilizers and waste from palm mills.

CD - The environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world.

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