Eastern Asian Environmental Issues and Globalization
The globalization of environmental problems has been an unavoidable trend since last century. As the consequence of this globalization, human's exploitation of nature is more thorough and penetrating. Along with their economic development, Eastern Asian countries have promoted their ecological influence in the world too. Japan plays an active role in promoting world environmentalism.
For Teachers:
- A unit for teachers on globalization and environment. There is some information on Chinese environmental issues.
China's Environment in a Globalizing World, by Jiangguo Liu and Jared Diamond, Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science, 30 June 2005.
China's environmental problems are growing along with the development of her economy. At the same time, these environmental problems have had more and more impacts on other countries in the world.
- This article analyzes the influences of global environmentalism on Chinese environmental consciousness and policy, briefly discussing the growth of Chinese environmentalism and environmental organizations, and arguing that this emerging environmentalism would be integrated with traditional Chinese philosophy of nature in Daoism and Buddhism.
- "China's insatiable demand for proteins as well as oil is turning Brazil into the takeaway for the workforce of the world. In the second part of our series, we reveal how the soya trade is creating a gold rush which is deforesting the Amazon."
- "The increasing volume of timber imports into China could lead to devastating impacts on some of the world's most sensitive forest regions unless major changes are made to the country's purchasing polices, according to a new report from conservation group WWF."
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