1.Political Trend in 80s
Politic changes through 1980s
・The collapse of communist countries
・The end of bipolar world
→Studies of the relationship between environment and democracy
lost decade (1980s) for the developing countries
Africa(UNHCR, 2000), the Caribbean, Latin America, South and west Asia
* terms of trade:
the ratio of an index of a country’s export prices to an index of its import prices
Environmental problems in developing countries
Increasing population and the concentration in the city
Air and water pollution
Deforestation, desertification
Want of physical infrastructure
The cycle of poverty
2.New issues and new accidents in the 1980s
1984 ・About 1 million people death by starvation in Ethiopia.
1985 ・The ozone depletion were firstly reproted.
・Accidental gas spillage in Bhopal,India.
1986 ・Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded.
1989 ・Oil spillage from the Exxon Valdez supertanker.
・Accidental gas spillage in Bhopal,India.
Outline
Date:1984/12/2 late at night
Place of the accident: Union Carbide* chemical plant in Bhopal
(* The U.S. multinational company)
Main contents of the gas: Methyl Isocyanate** (CH3NCO)
(** Basic ingredient of agrichemical)
Dead: est.8,000 ( in two day’s time)
Sufferer:est.50,000
We can’t get exact number of victims. Why?
Most victims were Poor people. → No registeration(戸籍).
Whole family were dead. → No one could prove their death.
Government of India minimized number of death. → To reduce compensation.
Global Environmental Laws & Policies
2005.4.27
1.Political Trend in 80s
Politic changes through 1980s
・The collapse of communist countries
・The end of bipolar world
→Studies of the relationship between environment and democracy
lost decade (1980s) for the developing countries
Africa(UNHCR, 2000), the Caribbean, Latin America, South and west Asia
* terms of trade:
the ratio of an index of a country's export prices to an index of its import prices
Environmental problems in developing countri...