Power policy and environmental issues in developing countries

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan Munasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Issues

scholarly journals Global utilisation of cereals: sustainability and environmental issues

Agro-Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
O.O. Olugbire ◽  
S. Olorunfemi ◽  
D.O. Oke
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Agricultural Crop ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Total Percentage ◽  
Income Status ◽  
Future Demands

Over the years, cereals have been the major food consumed by humans and have also been used in animal diet and therefore highly commendable for playing a major role in the preservation of human race. Studies have shown that half of the total percentage of calories consumed in the world is from cereals while it is also the most traded agricultural crop at the international market. This motivates the need to assess its utilisation in the past, present and future. This review shows that much driven by the use of cereals are factors like consumption and dietary pattern of a person or country, technological advancement in adding value to it, income status, market forces of demand and supply, level of affluence and policy. The trend in global cereals utilisation since its domestication has indicated an upward one with bulk of it being consumed as food in developing countries while majority of it goes into feeding livestock in developed countries. Evidence from this study also shows that the per capita utilisation of cereals directly for food is exceedingly great in developing countries than developed countries which is an indicator of malnutrition when not balance with other nutrients as it was observed in Bangladesh where calorie intake of an adult is about 90% from cereals. While there is a steady increase in global cereals utilisation due to its discovered industrial use as fuel, increased population and other factors, it will be expedient to focus on its sustainability and environmental issues that are likely to come up as a limitation to meet future demands.

Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, and Quality of Life

Modern Egypt ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce K. Rutherford ◽  
Jeannie L. Sowers
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Health And Well Being

How Do Environmental Problems Affect Egypt? Egypt faces grave environmental problems that negatively impact the health and well-being of its citizens and threaten the country’s unique natural and cultural heritages. Like many middle and low-income “developing” countries, Egypt must grapple with environmental problems associated with...

17. Environment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Newell
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing World ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Environmental Movements ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines how developing countries are managing the relationship between the environment and development. Despite being widely regarded as a threat to their economic development and prospects for growth, environmental issues have come to occupy a central place on policy agendas throughout the developing world. Driven by donors, public concern, and vocal environmental movements, responses to these environmental issues have taken a number of different forms as they compete for ‘policy space’ with other pressing development concerns. The chapter links global agendas to national policy processes, highlighting differences and similarities between how countries respond to various environmental issues. It also considers patterns of continuity and change in the politics of environment in the developing world, along with new policy instruments for environmental protection. It concludes by reflecting on the likely future of environmental policy in the developing world.

A Green Heat Transfer Design Project to Introduce Globalization and Society Awareness

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley Fleischmann ◽  
Mehmet Sozen ◽  
Wael Mokhtar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
General Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
General Education Courses ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Or In Developing Countries

Energy, environmental issues and society awareness are three of the main components in many engineering problems. Engineering Schools use general education courses to address these issues. However, the bridge between the engineering skills and these issues is still a challenge. In the present work, an open-ended design project was used in a senior level Heat Transfer course to address this need. The students were asked to work in teams to design and build a one- or two-person shelter that is built from recycling material and has no active heat source. The shelter should be portable and easily assembled and disassembled using limited tools to match the use in the time of crises or in developing countries. The details of the project are presented and supported by samples from the students’ work.

scholarly journals Attitude and Behavioral Intention towards Reducing Carbon Footprints in the Environment: an Empirical Study of Fiji

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
Navneel Shalendra Prasad ◽  
Asa Romeo Asa ◽  
Xu Hongyi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Carbon Footprints ◽  
Know How ◽  
Awareness Campaigns

Global warming is a worldwide issue but it is mostly developing countries like Fiji and other island nations such as Kiribati that are being affected. While citizens of most economies do not have a say in legislations and policies of their countries towards reducing emissions, the only realistic way of having a say can be done through their behaviour towards reducing carbon footprints. This study seeks to study attitudes of educated Fijians towards environmental issues, particularly issues brought by tourism and Fijians intentional behaviour in reducing these impacts by minimising their carbon footprints. It concludes that tourism is not regarded as a high impact environmental issue owing to Fijians either lack of awareness or an intentional lack of awareness. Awareness campaigns in Fiji are generic in nature, as most mentioned behaviours were unspecific meaning most Fijians know what to do but do not know how.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Security Issuse. New Threats Twoards National and International Security

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
VILMA Spahiu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
International Security ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
Conflict Resolutions

The national and international security of states, nowadays, is threatened by many elements or factors, like environmental issues, the spread of mass destruction weapons, wars or ethnic conflicts in developing countries, organized crime, illegal trafficking and the corruption as a side effect of globalization. All these issues are considered as challenges that all the countries must cope with through the drafting of applicable and effective national and global security policies. The aim of this paper is the evaluation of security environment, setting forth various views over new threats or risks. An important part of this study will be the analysing the viewpoints from many different authors in terms of future wars, the possibility of a threat that derives from the collision of great civilizations and also the thread from organized crime and terrorism. Facing all these possible threats, states and governments have to struggle more for finding alternatives that avoid war. This can be reached through their maximal efforts to strengthen their national law and the development of common security policies. Moreover, it is very important for these countries to put to put big efforts for international conflict resolutions, via peaceful instruments and negotiations or the use of diplomacy.

Some Issues Facing Environmental Organisations in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and the Environment

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Neil Taylor ◽  
Subhashni Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Ecology ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The South ◽  
Action Committee ◽  
Government Organisation

AbstractThe South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and the Environment (SPACHEE) is a regional environmental Non Government Organisation (NGO) based in Fiji but serving twelve small island nations in the South Pacific region, and involved in both formal and non-formal environmental education. At present its membership base is very limited numerically, regionally and also in terms of its socio-economic make up. This article analyses SPACHEE's current membership and issues base and makes a number of recommendations as to how the organisation might broaden these. Some suggestions are also made as to how SPACHEE might link its work more explicitly to issues of equality and social justice. These suggestions may have implications for other environmental NGOs in larger developing countries in the region which face similar environmental issues, such as loss of rainforest, degradation of coral reefs and mangrove destruction.

scholarly journals Raising Awareness on Solid Waste Management through Formal Education for Sustainability: A Developing Countries Evidence Review

Recycling ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justice Kofi Debrah ◽  
Diogo Guedes Vidal ◽  
Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Low Income Countries

Solid Waste Management (SWM) is a multifaceted problem comprising political, socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental aspects. Due to exponential urban growth, it has become one of the most significant issues faced by urban spaces in developing countries. The gap in environmental knowledge among the youth and the old within developing countries contribute to ecological issues or waste management problems, resulting in unsustainable development, with important consequences in low-income countries. For that matter, a systematic review was conducted aiming to identify and analyse environmental knowledge, awareness, attitudes, and practice studies on SWM from 2010 to 2019 in developing countries. The evidence suggests that students at both secondary and tertiary levels have positive environmental attitudes, and high awareness of environmental issues, but there is a lack of practical education of teachers to guide students to put SWM into practice. Student’s low environmental knowledge is related to a deficiency in teachers’ practical experience in SWM for environmental sustainability. A relationship between teachers’ and students’ knowledge and attitudes towards SWM, as well as differences in awareness, attitude, and practices of SWM linked with education and age, were also found. This review also revealed that the lack of environmental education in most developing countries is caused by fragilities in practical environmental curricula of teachers to respond to modern-day environmental issues for sustainable development and cleaner production (CP). To bridge the knowledge gap between the youth and older people in SWM, environmental sustainability education should be integrated into schools at all levels within developing countries.

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