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| Agriculture Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants (i.e. crops) creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science (the related practice of gardening is studied in horticulture). Agriculture | |
| Famine A famine is a widespread shortage of food that may apply to any faunal species, which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.Presently many famines are caused simply by imbalance of food production compared to the large populations of countries whose population exceeds the regional carrying capacity. Famine | |
| Poverty Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine the quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens. According to Mollie Orshansky who developed the poverty measurements used by the U.S. government, "to be poor is to be deprived of those goods and Poverty | |
| Food security Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it. A household is considered food secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. According to the World Resources Institute, global per capita food production has been increasing substantially for the past several decades. Food_security | |
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| List of famines famines, ordered by date. List_of_famines | |
| Great Lakes Areas of Concern Great Lakes Areas of Concern are designated geographic areas within the Great Lakes Basin that show severe environmental degradation. There are a total of forty-three areas of concern within the Great Lakes, the majority of twenty-six being in the U.S., seventeen in Canada and five are shared by the two countries.The Great Lakes are the largest system of fresh water lakes in the world and are shared by the United States and Canada. Great_Lakes_Areas_of_Concern | |
| Timeline of Earth Liberation Front actions Earth Liberation Front (ELF) has taken a variety of direct social actions since 1992. Actions were rarely publicised prior to 1996 and are therefore difficult to find. Timeline_of_Earth_Liberation_Front_actions | |
| Overpopulation Overpopulation is a condition where an organism's numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance, the term usually refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment, the Earth. Overpopulation | |
| Water crisis Water crisis is a term that has been used by some to refer to the world’s water resources relative to human demand. The term has been applied to the worldwide water situation by the United Nations and other world organizations. Others, for example the Food and Agriculture Organization, claim there is no water crisis. The major aspects of the water crisis are allegedly overall scarcity of usable water and water pollution. Water_crisis | |
| Viral hemorrhagic septicemia Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) is a deadly infectious fish disease caused by the Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV, or VHSv). It afflicts over 50 species of freshwater northern hemisphere.Historically, VHS was associated mostly with freshwater salmonids in western Europe,European Community Reference Laboratory for Fish Diseases. Viral_hemorrhagic_septicemia | |
| Requests for arbitration/Free Republic/Workshop Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Free_Republic/Workshop | |
| Peter Roskam/Archive5 Talk:Peter_Roskam/Archive5 | |
| Sand County Foundation Sand County Foundation, located in Monona, Wisconsin, USA, is a non-profit private land conservation organization formed in 1965. Its work is inspired by world-renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold’s land management philosophy. Sand_County_Foundation | |
| Peak water Peak water is reached when the rate at which water is demanded is higher than the rate at which the supply is replenished. There is a vast amount of water on the planet but sustainably managed water is becoming scarce. Much of the world's water in underground aquifers and in lakes behaves like a finite resource by being depleted. Peak_water | |
| Peak wheat Peak wheat is the concept that agricultural production, due to its high use of water and energy inputs, is subject to the same profile as oil and gas production. The central tenet being that a point is reached, the "peak", beyond which agricultural production plateaus and does not grow any further. Peak_wheat | |
| Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth This is about the future of civilization, humans and the earth. For past civilizations, see societal collapse. Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth are existential risks that could threaten humankind as a whole, have adverse consequences for the course of human civilization, or even cause the end of planet Earth. The concept is expressed in various phrases such as "End of the World", "Doomsday", "Armageddon", and others. Risks_to_civilization,_humans_and_planet_Earth |
