unit 7: south asia

pesticide

A chemical intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops.

what country has a constitution requiring that the country keep a minimum of 60 percent of its land forested

bhutan

what country lead a conference urging other countries to stop ignoring the social and environmental costs of economic development

bhutan

How is India trying to protect its endangered species?

by creating a network of protected areas

environmental challenges faced by nepal,bhutan,maldives and sri lanka

damage to marine life soil and water issues deforestation

Maldives has moved to ban mining of coral and

dredging of sand

what increased because of deforestation

flooding

Although the countries of this region do not have abundant resources, some of the land in Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka is

forested

Maldives, worried that climate change threatens its very existence, has launched programs to try to limit the use of

fossil fuels

what does the forest rights act do

it allows people living in orested areas to prohibith large timber and mining companies from clearing forest

How is India's latest five-year plan different from previous five-year plans?

it calls for sustainable growth

Nepal's government has put in place policies aimed at protecting the environment and preserving resources, but according to a recent report, it has

not followed through on its commitments

what is a major reason that india's water is unsafe to drink

people are drawing water from deep in the ground

which was an effort of the environment disaster in bhopal in 1984

people were blinded and suffered respiratory problems

bhutan ,nepal , and sri lanka all face the threat of lost farmland due to

soil erosion

The government of which country has launched efforts to reduce household and plastic waste and promote environmental education among students?

sri lanka

nepal,bhutan,sri lanka, and maldives have few resources and are not well developed economically, so environmentalists and some economists have pushed the idea of

sustainable development

what encouraged deforestation in india

the development of cash crop agriculture

Purpose of ecotourism

to protect wildlife and ecosystems by increasing appreciation of them

in 2008 more than half of india's people still did not have access to

toilets