Global Partnership & Environmental Sustainability
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Problem: A major problem facing Guyana is that most of the population lives on the coastal strip below sea level. This means that in areas of the highest population, there is the poorest drained sewage. Not only this, but the solid waste management and maintenance of the drainage canals has almost completely broken down.
Cause: The cause of this problem is geographic and economic. Obviously, geographically, below sea level, drainage naturally is not easy. However, the municipal authorities are also so underfunded that they cannot afford to keep up the solid waste management and maintain the drainage canals.
Solution: A solution to this problem could be to obtain funds from the UN to fund the municipal authorites specifically for the building and maintenance of the drainage canals and solid waste management. This would provide money and jobs to improve the amount of available drinking water and the general health of the environment. This could be measured over a period of 10 years by comparing the amount of viable sewage systems and the amount of drinking water over that 10 year period. The short term goal would be to obtain the funds to start the project. The long term goal would be to have good drainage in the coastal communities and get more available water. One potential problem is that the funds would be used for other things besides building good drainage systems.
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Problem: One issue facing Guyana is that the people are cutting trees for charcoal, reaping mangroves for household uses, and overfishing the inshore marine resources. The people are doing this in excess, but it is normally out of necessity for survival.
Cause: The cause of this problem stems from the poverty that is a normal aspect of many Guyanese lives. Because of economic declines, people are forced to use other resources in excess like cutting trees for charcoal to stay warm because they can't afford heating or electricity.
Solution: A solution to this issue could be to allocate money from the UN to create jobs for these poverty stricken people. They could be hired to work to build and maintain the drainage and irrigation systems or the solid waste management programs previously talked about in the first issue. This would help to keep the people economically stable enough to where they don't need to use these natural resources, like the fish in inshore marine resources, to feed their families. This could be measured over a period of 5 years by comparing the percentage of people under the poverty line and the amount of natural resources being degradated by the native people over that period of 5 years. The short term goal would be to create jobs for the people. The long term goal would be to bring more people above the poverty line and, in return, have more natural resources. A potential problem with this solution is that people will continue to use these easily accessible and free resources along with the money they would receive in wages.
Problem: A major problem facing Guyana is that most of the population lives on the coastal strip below sea level. This means that in areas of the highest population, there is the poorest drained sewage. Not only this, but the solid waste management and maintenance of the drainage canals has almost completely broken down.
Cause: The cause of this problem is geographic and economic. Obviously, geographically, below sea level, drainage naturally is not easy. However, the municipal authorities are also so underfunded that they cannot afford to keep up the solid waste management and maintain the drainage canals.
Solution: A solution to this problem could be to obtain funds from the UN to fund the municipal authorites specifically for the building and maintenance of the drainage canals and solid waste management. This would provide money and jobs to improve the amount of available drinking water and the general health of the environment. This could be measured over a period of 10 years by comparing the amount of viable sewage systems and the amount of drinking water over that 10 year period. The short term goal would be to obtain the funds to start the project. The long term goal would be to have good drainage in the coastal communities and get more available water. One potential problem is that the funds would be used for other things besides building good drainage systems.
2.
Problem: One issue facing Guyana is that the people are cutting trees for charcoal, reaping mangroves for household uses, and overfishing the inshore marine resources. The people are doing this in excess, but it is normally out of necessity for survival.
Cause: The cause of this problem stems from the poverty that is a normal aspect of many Guyanese lives. Because of economic declines, people are forced to use other resources in excess like cutting trees for charcoal to stay warm because they can't afford heating or electricity.
Solution: A solution to this issue could be to allocate money from the UN to create jobs for these poverty stricken people. They could be hired to work to build and maintain the drainage and irrigation systems or the solid waste management programs previously talked about in the first issue. This would help to keep the people economically stable enough to where they don't need to use these natural resources, like the fish in inshore marine resources, to feed their families. This could be measured over a period of 5 years by comparing the percentage of people under the poverty line and the amount of natural resources being degradated by the native people over that period of 5 years. The short term goal would be to create jobs for the people. The long term goal would be to bring more people above the poverty line and, in return, have more natural resources. A potential problem with this solution is that people will continue to use these easily accessible and free resources along with the money they would receive in wages.