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Heather de Lagran

BBC News - Uneven progress of UN Millennium Development Goals - 2 views

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IB Geography Wealth and Disparity MDG

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  • World leaders are descending on the UN headquarters in New York for a display of commitment to reduce sharply global poverty and hunger. The summit aims to take stock of progress on eight UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Heather de Lagran

BP oil spill timeline | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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IB Geography Hazards Oceans Resources Global Interactions Timeline

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      This case study links to many objectives in several units including Hazards, Coasts, Resource Consumption, Global Interactions.
Heather de Lagran

In Nigeria, a Preview of an Overcrowded Planet - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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IB Geography Populations in Transition

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  • fertility rates
  • eversing longstanding policies
  • are promoting smaller families as a key to economic salvation,
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  • sixth most populous nation with 167 million people,
  • “If you don’t take care of population, schools can’t cope, hospitals can’t cope, there’s not enough housing — there’s nothing you can do to have economic development.”
  • swelling ranks of unemployed youths
  • 5.5 last year from 6.8 in 1975
  • will account for more than a third by 2100
  • 50 percent for people in urban areas ages 15 to 24 — driving crime and discontent.
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