1. The People and Their Environment

2. Sustainable Development
“Technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a region”

3. Reforestation and Conservation
Taken steps to protect their environments
Introduced Reforestation programs
Illegal logging operations in Indonesia
Sumatra
Borneo
Destroyed many forests
Army may need to be used.

4. A Balance? Planned Resettlement Laos has limited Shifting Cultivation
A method in which farmers clear forests to plant fields, cultivate for a few years, and then abandon
Dealing with urban growth’s impact on environment
“Green Zones”
Areas within each city granted special environmental protection.

5. Human Impact: Urban Environments
Crowded Conditions
Inadequate
Housing
Sanitation
Water Supplies
Traffic Control
Rising Heat, Humidity, and Pollution levels.

6. Rural Areas/ Effects of Industrialization
Water Contaminated due to poor waste disposal
Dumping of Toxic Waste A problem
Increased Air and Water Pollution

7. Industrial Challenges
Logging: Diminished Regions Forests
Mining: Toxic waste dumping. Waste dumped into rivers causing them to flood and change course
Fishing: Damage to Coral Reefs from poisons and explosives used to capture fish for “live reef-fish” trade
Shipping and Trade: Upper Mekong River Project- alters river, may harm fisheries and agriculture