1. Environmental Issues Latin America

2. Review What is air pollution? –The addition of harmful chemicals to the atmosphere What is acid rain? –Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants How can acid rain damage plants/vegetation? –Acid rain causes the soil and plants to deteriorate How can it damage statues? –The acid breaks down the hard material in the statue

3. Read page 15 in CRCT Prep Book

4. Mexico City’s Air Pollution

9. Mexico City

10. Why is Mexico City so polluted? Overcrowding Industrialization Vehicle emissions Location at the base of mountains that trap emissions which produce a heavy overlay of smog

11. Problems associated with large populations in Latin American cities. Too many people polluting the air and water Poor waste management Low literacy rates

12. Why do they have problems getting clean water? Fertilizers and pesticides from large farms contaminate the streams and rivers Lack of effective water treatment centers

13. Destruction of the Brazilian Rainforest Read page 16 in CRCT Prep Book

14. Rain Forests

16. From Woods Hole Research Center at http://www.whrc.org/southamerica/index.htm

21. Undiscovered tribes in the Amazon rainforest

25. Destruction of the Rainforest

32. Why cut down the rainforest? Farming Cattle ranches logging

33. Read page 19 in the CRCT Prep book

34. Oil in Venezuela

35. What problem has been caused by oil production in Venezuela? The coast along the Caribbean Sea has been polluted with oil

37. Vessels' collision sparks massive oil spill PORT ARTHUR — State and federal officials will continue a massive cleanup today after a collision between an oil tanker and a barge sent up to 450,000 gallons of crude oil gushing into the water only yards from shore Saturday and brought all nearby shipping traffic to a halt.

38. A BARGE IS SEEN MAKING A LARGE IMPACT GASH ON THE SIDE OF THE EAGLE OTOME AFTER VESSELS COLLIDED, CAUSING THE OIL SPILL.

39. A BOAT WITH WORKERS RIDES ALONG THE WATER WHERE CRUDE OIL WAS SPILLED. OFFICIALS CONTAINED THE SPILL, BUT WERE STILL ASSESSING THE SCOPE AND CAUSE.

40. OIL IS SEEN ATOP THE WATER DOWN STREAM FROM WHERE A BARGE IS SEEN ENGAGED WITH EAGLE OTOME.

41. WORKERS ARE SEEN TRYING TO CONTAIN CRUDE OIL.

43. CRUDE OIL DRIFTS DOWN THE SHIPPING CHANNEL.

44. BUMPER STICKER Your Task: Create a bumper sticker with a short statement or message convincing others who read it to solve one of these environmental issues. It MUST have: 1. Thoughtful message or statement describing your choice of which environmental issue in Latin America to solve. 2. Colorful visual 3. Underneath your creation, in a well-developed paragraph, describe the environmental issue and your ideas for how it can be solved.