Ecological Refugees By: Coralia Balasca.

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Ecological Refugees By: Coralia Balasca

Ecological Refugees: Defined Displaced persons who are forced to leave their location due to an environmental disruption or depletion

What effects cause people to become ecological refugees?

Direct Effect 1: Food and Water Shortages

Direct Effect 2: Gradual Climate Change desertification sea level rise

Direct Effect 3: Instant Climate Change hurricane floods damaging storms

Indirect Effect 1: Loss of Livelihood directly connected to previous three types that cause a person not to be able to earn a sustainable living

Soo…. ARE ECOLOGICAL REFUGEES AN OVERALL POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE THING?

Positives brings new skills and knowledge into host community increases local markets and reduces commodity prices

Negatives depletion of certain resources competition for land uncompensated public expenditure available land area decreasing throughout the world

In Conclusion While there are both negatives and positives to ecological refugees, the negatives outweigh the positives with an eye to the future

Why does this matter? “In 2020, the UN has projected that we will have 50 million environmental refugees”

Why does this matter continued...