Resources, Trade & the Environment

World GeographyMr. Paul Farmer

World Resources• Our Planet Earth provides the elements

necessary to sustain life. Resources are unequally distributed

• Resource management & conservation

World Trade• Natural Resources are distributed unequally so we

must trade among other countries.• Free Trade

• (WTO) The World Trade Organization promotes free trade internationally.

• (NAFTA) The North American Free Trade Agreement has removed trade barriers among the U. S., Canada,& Mexico

• (EU)European Union provides free trade, common currency within the European states.

• Barriers to Trade• Tariffs on imported goods or set limits on how much can be

imported. • Embargo bans trade with another country for political or economic

reasons

• GLOBALIZATION connects the world at the economic, political and cultural scale.

World based on HDI and GDP

Factors that make the world’s countries more Interdependent(Globalized)

▫Technology▫Transportation▫Communications▫Freedom of Trade▫Need to Manage Resources▫Global Awareness of Environmental

Concerns

World Environmental Concerns•Global Concerns:

▫Global Warming▫Pollution:

Water includes oil spills from tankers, chemical & industrial waste from factories, fertilizers & chemicals used by farmers, animal wastes, & untreated sewage.

Air burning of fossil fuels by vehicles and industries are causes.

Land results from unsanitary dumpsites, radioactive waste, & chemical waste.