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ESS Timeline
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WWII Generated Issues
DDT: During WWII, the usage of DDT was used since it did not seem to harm humans or soldiers but killed insects carrying malaria. Eventually used for every single insect. Mercury: Used in Minamata, Japan in a Salmon factory. Factory was re-releasing the Mercury into the water source. Affected sea life which lead to Minamata disease in cats and later in humans. -
The Great London Smog
approx. 12,000 people died over 5 days due to the smog in London -
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is published
Silver Spring by Rachel Carson is published which causes outrage that a women is questioning science. DDT banned effective Dec. 31 and Malaria came back. Called "Silver Spring" because (bioaccumulation, biomagnification) the poison travels through the food chain links. DDT does not leave human body but accumulates.
When malaria resurged in 3rd world countries, people blamed Carson for banning DDT. However, insects developed a resistance to pesticides and DDT. -
Stockholm Convention - Un Conference in Stockholm
- focus on human interactions with the environment
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CITES founded
Monitor what legal and illegal animals are being imported and exported in certain countries. -
The Montreal Protocol
A global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) such as CFC’s in refrigerants -
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), target 2015
8 international goals by 2015:
- To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- To achieve universal primary education
- To promote gender equality and empower women
- To reduce child mortality
- To improve maternal health
- To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
- To ensure environmental sustainability
- To develop a global partnership for development