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Table 3.1 Emergent environmental issues in Asia and Students’ interest in the environment
(ECLA class of 2012)
Author (from Hillstrom and Hillstrom [ 1 ])
UE students
GPSS students
Population and land use
Food security, consumerism, urbanization
and migration, and land
management, etc.
Poverty issue: education,
training skills in India
Sustainable regional
rehabilitation in the
Tohoku region in Japan
(land use)
Biodiversity
Land conversion and fragmentation
Alien species by trade, in potted plants
and shipment of crops
Overharvesting and the trade in
Asian wildlife
Park, preserves, and protected areas
Conservation of biodiversity
National parks, wildlife sanctuaries,
and nature reserves
Forests
Sustainability of forest, agriculture and other
systems based on ecosystem dynamics
People became more knowledgeable about
the limits of the earth because of natural
systems
Sustainability became a very old idea and
social goal
Forest conservation: Indonesia
Activity:
eco-tourism
Agriculture
Continual increase in the world’s demand
for food
Attempts to slow human population growth
in order to reduce future food demand
Intensifi cation of agricultural production
Increased use of pesticides and herbicides,
decreased soil quality, conversion of forest
and wetlands to agriculture, damage to
watersheds from runoff, and the
deterioration of rural communities
Promotion of sustainable
agricultural use and
management by
education and training
in Vietnam
(less fertilizer)
Promotion of
organic farming
in China: solve
problems of
nitrate
ground water
contamination
Freshwater
Rehabilitation of major rivers ruined by
decades of heavy pollution
Acutely vulnerable to weather-related
disasters
Industrialized countries (e.g., Japan,
Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan)
clearly have fewer problems providing
access to safe water, while in developing
country access to safe drinking water is
often a luxury, sometimes only available
to the affl uent
Water issue: implementation
of end-of-pipe
technology for
industry wastewater
treatment in the
Philippines
(continued)
3 APIEL Compulsory Course: Environmental Challenges and Leadership in Asia
Table 3.1 Emergent environmental issues in Asia and Students’ interest in the environment
(ECLA class of 2012)
Author (from Hillstrom and Hillstrom [ 1 ])
UE students
GPSS students
Population and land use
Food security, consumerism, urbanization
and migration, and land
management, etc.
Poverty issue: education,
training skills in India
Sustainable regional
rehabilitation in the
Tohoku region in Japan
(land use)
Biodiversity
Land conversion and fragmentation
Alien species by trade, in potted plants
and shipment of crops
Overharvesting and the trade in
Asian wildlife
Park, preserves, and protected areas
Conservation of biodiversity
National parks, wildlife sanctuaries,
and nature reserves
Forests
Sustainability of forest, agriculture and other
systems based on ecosystem dynamics
People became more knowledgeable about
the limits of the earth because of natural
systems
Sustainability became a very old idea and
social goal
Forest conservation: Indonesia
Activity:
eco-tourism
Agriculture
Continual increase in the world’s demand
for food
Attempts to slow human population growth
in order to reduce future food demand
Intensifi cation of agricultural production
Increased use of pesticides and herbicides,
decreased soil quality, conversion of forest
and wetlands to agriculture, damage to
watersheds from runoff, and the
deterioration of rural communities
Promotion of sustainable
agricultural use and
management by
education and training
in Vietnam
(less fertilizer)
Promotion of
organic farming
in China: solve
problems of
nitrate
ground water
contamination
Freshwater
Rehabilitation of major rivers ruined by
decades of heavy pollution
Acutely vulnerable to weather-related
disasters
Industrialized countries (e.g., Japan,
Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan)
clearly have fewer problems providing
access to safe water, while in developing
country access to safe drinking water is
often a luxury, sometimes only available
to the affl uent
Water issue: implementation
of end-of-pipe
technology for
industry wastewater
treatment in the
Philippines
(continued)
3 APIEL Compulsory Course: Environmental Challenges and Leadership in Asia