Development Of The Modern Environmental Movement

By Emersonwinchester

  • Green Revolution - Intensive Technological Agricluture

    The Green Revolution - Intensive Technological Agriculture was the use of fossil fuels and pollutions increased, as the Human population began to increase in numbers. Though this resulted in the adaption of the modern agriculture to be developed like a wider variety of seeds, synthetic fertilizer, and better irrigation systems. As the technology began to grow so did the crop productivity, The Green Revolution had rural economies switch to using industrial food production. Textbook
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  • UK’s Ten National Parks Are Established

    When the UK’s ten national parks were established this gave the recognition that people need to start to reserve and conserve natural areas. Textbook

  • Minamata Bay Disaster

    The Minamata Bay Disaster emphasized the ability of food chains to develop toxins into higher tropic levels, including humans

  • The Clean Air Act

    The Clean Air act was the act to prevent air pollution, it was passed as a federal law in 1970 but was later amended to protect the ozone layer while being able to promote public health.
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  • Save Silent Valley Movement

    The Save Silent Valley Movement was the movement against the state to protect the valley. The Silent Valley was a tropical forest in Palakkad district in Kerala India. This movement started when people were trying to reserve the forest from being flooded by a hydroelectric project. byjus.com

  • Bhopal Disaster

    World’s worst industrial disaster. This was a chemical accident, where a gas had began to leak from a factory. Textbook
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  • Chernobyl Disaster

    Nuclear fall out affects millions. A No. 4 reactor in a nuclear power plant exploded in the city of Pripyat. Textbook
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  • Montreal Protocol

    Nations agree to reduce CFC use. This was to protect the stratospheric layer by trying to limit the production + consumption of ozone-depleting substances. Textbook
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  • Green Awareness Strengthens

    Environmentally friendly products, recycling and ecotourism become popular. Textbook

  • Film ‘An Inconvenient Truth” released

    Documentary by Al gore, describing global warming. This was for raising international public awareness for global warming. Textbook
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