Thursday, November 08, 2007

Unit 2: Negative externalities associated with palm oil cultivation

From the BBC comes this frightening report from Greenpeace

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7084306.stm

a) Why would the global warming resulting from this cultivation be an example of a negative externality?
b) What actions could the international community take to reduce this negative externality?
c) To what extent do you think such policies would succeed?

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