'He Who Can Learn Things that are Difficult, and Not Easy for Man to Know, is Wise:' An Address to the Students in MIT 10-250, Caltech 201 E. Bridge, and Similar Lecture Halls: Minds that are the Greatest Natural Resource in the World

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward H. Sisson
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
The World

A New Vigilance: Identifying and Reducing the Risks of Environmental Terrorism

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Proximate Cause ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Controversy ◽  
Previous Decade ◽  
Distribution Of Resources

Terrorism is a constant and fearful phenomenon, as America has learned to its recent and terrible cost, and like the nine-headed hydra of ancient mythology, as soon as one group or method is terminated, more spring up to take its place. Environmental terrorism adds a new dimension to this phenomenon, identifying the target as a natural resource or environmental feature. At a time when populations all over the world are increasing, the existing resource base is being stretched to provide for more people, and is being consumed at a faster rate. As the value and vulnerability ofthese resources increases, so does their attractive ness as terrorist targets. History shows that access to resources has been a proximate cause of conflict, resources have been both tools and targets of conflict, and environmental degradation and disparity in the distribution of resources can cause major political controversy, tension, and violence. The purposeful destruction of a natural resource can now cause more deaths, property damage, political chaos, and other adverse effects than it would have in any previous decade. The choice of environmental resources as targets or tools ofterrorism is consistent with both the increasing lethality ofterrorism and the growing envi ronmental awareness on the part of the public.

3. Why are some countries rich and others poor?

2018 ◽  
pp. 31-45
Author(s):  
Ian Goldin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
First Century ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
The World ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Development Trajectories

‘Why are some countries rich and others poor?’ considers various theories of economic growth, including Robert Solow’s widely used 1956 model, and charts the uneven development of countries around the world from the late nineteenth century, through the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first century. Some countries, such as Japan and South Korea, have seen miraculous economic growth, whereas countries such as Argentina and Uruguay have not experienced expected levels of growth. The factors that affect development trajectories include natural resource endowments, geography, history, institutions, politics, and power. While overall levels of poverty have declined, levels of inequality are rising in almost all countries.

Discussing natural resource extraction in cultural landscapes as a cultural value

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia O'Donnell ◽  
Christophe Rivet
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Resource Extraction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Natural Resource Extraction ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeNatural resource extraction is perceived as a destructive aspect of human culture. This characterization is widespread, despite the activity having shaped relationships between communities and their environment to create entire sets of cultural values and expressions through settlement patterns, traditional skills and practices, innovation and technology, intangible cultural expressions, local economies and more. The cultural dimensions of natural resource extraction landscapes were discussed at the ICOMOS ADCOM Annual Symposium in La Plata, Argentina, in December 2018. The workshop included experts in cultural landscapes, sustainability, industrial archaeology and industrial heritage. This paper reports on these issues and deliberations focusing on World Heritage cultural landscapes of extraction.Design/methodology/approachThe report considers a broad survey of the World Heritage List and sites on national Tentative Lists to identify those related to natural extraction sites and distinguishing between categories of relict vs. living, and between the types of natural resources being extracted.FindingsThe conclusion is that the World Heritage Committee has yet to address the living value of natural resource extraction. Furthermore, the workshop attendants concluded that there is a pressing need to do so in light of the type, nature and sustainability of these sites. As the source of materials for many outstanding sites on the World Heritage List and the decreasing availability of some resources, the question requires consideration to ensure the sustainable use and livelihood of communities.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitations are set by the general terms of the survey and the limited engagement of knowledgeable individuals.Practical implicationsThe practical implications are related to guidance to review and analyse potential living cultural landscapes related to natural resource extraction.Originality/valueThere is no general discussion on this topic yet amongst professionals. The initiative of the workshop identified that gap and its related necessity to provide guidance.

Cooperative Assessment of Natural Resource Injuries: Why Can It Work?

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 (1) ◽  
pp. 769-771
Author(s):  
Stéphane Grenon ◽  
Jeffrey B. Waxman
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
The Other ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Environmental Damages ◽  
The World ◽  
Responsible Party

ABSTRACT Around the world, typically, when a spill situation occurs, the main objective of the responsible party (RP) is to reduce the costs of the response as much as possible. At the other end, governments will want to protect the environment in the most efficient manner. These two positions will often clash resulting in stalled interventions to the disadvantage of both parties. Unfortunately, this situation is common and can lead to prosecution of the ship by governmental authorities. Examples of this behavior were recently observed in some Canadian cases where response was prolonged unnecessarily because of a lack of collaboration from RP. This paper will explore the benefits associated with a collaborative approach for the assessment of environmental damages between RP and governments. The authors will use a recent Canadian spill where such an approach was used to illustrate with concrete examples the benefits that where obtained.

The China Investment Corporation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Balding ◽  
Kevin Chastagner
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Current Account ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Bank Of China ◽  
State Administration ◽  
The World ◽  
Resource Wealth ◽  
Natural Resource Wealth ◽  
Do So

China’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the China Investment Corporation (CIC), was established in 2007 and has grown to become the fourth largest SWF in the world with assets and offices spanning the globe. This chapter looks at the range of unique factors that need to be understood in order to place the CIC in context. When China decided to form its own SWF, it decided to do so by borrowing from the central bank in a complicated swap transaction in order to highlight the CIC’s independence from existing entities like the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. While most SWFs grow from an excess of natural resource wealth, the Chinese SWF is unique in that it grew out of years of current account surpluses accumulated from ensuring a fixed exchange rate. The chapter discusses the macroeconomic interplay between China and the CIC.

Spaceborne remote sensing of the world’s protected areas

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 388-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Gillespie ◽  
Katherine S. Willis ◽  
Stacey Ostermann-Kelm
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Pixel Resolution ◽  
The World ◽  
Status And Trends ◽  
The Status

There has been a rapid evolution of satellites, sensors, and techniques to measure, monitor, and manage terrestrial protected areas. There are over 100,000 protected areas around the world and most lack important information on the status and trends of natural resource issues. We review advances and limitations in spaceborne remote sensing that can be applied to all terrestrial protected areas around the world. There have been significant advances in baseline vegetation mapping and land cover classifications by combining field data, data from multiple sensors, and classification techniques. However, global classifications on the extent of non-forest vegetation types (e.g. grasslands and shrublands) are still needed at 30 m pixel resolution. High spatial (< 1 m) and spectral (220 bands) resolution sensors have provided important data on environmental issues (e.g. invasive species, degradation) that are region or site specific. Advances in monitoring protected areas have primarily focused on forest ecosystems and land cover dynamics in and around protected areas using time series data. Landsat imagery can be used to monitor vegetation extent and dynamics at 30 m pixel resolution across the globe, while the MODIS sensors are more appropriate for monthly updates on trends of ecosystem health in protected areas. There has also been an increase in time series remote sensing datasets on anthropogenic impacts, such as light pollution, fire, and land surface temperature, that can be used for all protected areas. Future geographic research should focus on developing global protocols and incorporating near real time and annual metrics that can easily be used by natural resource managers to assess the status and trends of all protected areas.

scholarly journals Natural Resource Potential of the World Economy under Globalization

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 2681-2687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainur Ongdash ◽  
Ernur Ongdashuly ◽  
Karlygash Useinova ◽  
Gulnara Useynova ◽  
Yermek Chukubayev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Complementary and Competitive Regimes of Accumulation: Natural Resources and Development in the World-System

2012 ◽  
pp. 50-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astra Bonini
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
World Economy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Economic Mobility ◽  
The World ◽  
Post War

During the post-war period, natural resource production has often been associated withperipheralization in the world-economy. This paper seeks to demonstrate that this associationdoes not hold when examined from a long-term perspective, and explains the conditions underwhich natural resource production can support upward economic mobility in the world-system.First, this paper provides evidence that the production of cash crops and resource extraction hasnot always equaled peripheralization in the world-economy, as demonstrated by, among otherthings, the upward economic mobility of the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealandduring the nineteenth century. It then puts forth a new hypothesis that the existence ofopportunities for raw material producing countries depends on whether the hegemonic regime ofaccumulation at a given time structures the economy in a way that is either complementary orcompetitive to the economic development of raw material producing countries. By examining theBritish centered regime of accumulation during the nineteenth century, we find that it wascomparatively complementary to economic development in raw material producing countrieswhereas the twentieth century United States centered regime was comparatively competitive withraw material producers. Based on a comparison with Britain and the United States, the paperalso suggests that China’s increasingly central role in the world-economy may be comparativelycomplementary to economic development in raw material producing countries.

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