Problem
Ignorance of ecoregions
Other Names:
Lack of bioregionalismLack of ecosystem awareness
Disregard for bioregional interactions
Nature:
The concept of bioregionalism is earth-based, as opposed to politically-based as states and countries are. A bioregion is an identifiable geographical area of interacting life-systems that is relatively self-sustaining. Planning and development without regard to bioregions results in water pollution from upstream activities, industrial soot falling in residential areas, and highways dividing communities. It means that states will increasingly find themselves in dispute, or with the need to cooperate, over management of bioregions which are distributed between them, as activities in one state can have effect across the border. Broader Problems:
Inadequate environmental awareness Narrower Problems:
Disrespect for the landBoundary constraints on land planning Aggravates:
Trans-boundary pollutionPolicy disputes within nationsInadequate groundwater rechargeFragmentation of natural habitatMisuse of grassland and rangelandDisruption of arid zone ecosystemsUnnatural boundaries between statesTerritorial disputes between statesDeforestation of mountainous regionsUncertain environmental impact of current policyUncoordinated international river basin development Strategies:
Addressing problems of cultivation of marginal agricultural landAssessing role of species loss in global life-support systemApplying bioregionalismProtecting areas of biological distinctivenessAccounting for bioregional interactionsPromoting bioregionalismAbstaining from bioregionalism Subject(s):
Climatology → Climatology Geography → Ecology
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Education → Educational level
Consciousness → Consciousness
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST