IB Geography Patterns and Change

The 'curse' of having a girl

Water already causes armed conflict in the capital, but there is worse to come for a hungry country when the oilfields run dry

Climate change: a development challenge Climate change: building the resilience of poor rural communities Desertification Fighting water scarcity in the Arab countries Fighting rural poverty: the role of ICTs Food prices: Smallholders can be part of the solution The future of world food security Land tenure security and poverty reduction Linking land and water governance Remittances Rural finance: Small amounts making a big difference Women

What is GDP? Nice little BBC video.

Global Biodiversity Outlook is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Drawing on a range of information sources, including National Reports, biodiversity indicators information, scientific literature, and a study assessing biodiversity scenarios for the future [4MB], the third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) summarizes the latest data on status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions for the future strategy of the Convention.

Submitted by Phil Randay

List of Curriculum Resource Packets available on a variety of topics. Includes specific regions to help with case studies as well as several themes that are a quite good fit with the IB Geo curriculum.

List of Curriculum Resource Packets available on a variety of topics. Includes specific regions to help with case studies as well as several themes that are a quite good fit with the IB Geo curriculum.

China rethinks its One Child Policy

I wanted to alert you to an excellent source that would fall directly under the new IB syllabus for Patterns in Env Quality and Sustainability.  When asking for a case study on sustainable management strategies, I'm using China's Loess Plateau.  There is an excellent film (on youtube and on the website) of a watershed rehabilitation project that has been incredibly successful.  This case study connects concepts of soil erosion, watersheds, climate change, and the social/econ and environmental consequences of this World Bank/Chinese gov't project.

Development. How Geography has shaped history

Build your own development indicators

The Costa del Sol is famous for its tourists and beaches but just behind them is a hidden world of industrial greenhouses where African migrants work in extreme conditions

Excellent resource site for gender inequalities IB Geography

Germany renewable energy mix slide show

Good blog post about not trusting global stats on poverty etc. 

Great article by two UN staff that actually write the HDI reports on some methodology.  Quick, easy, and interesting read about the flaws of the data.  Great "peak behind the curtain"

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Updated Sept 2011

China's great gender crisis