The document discusses various challenges to global food production and food security, including environmental degradation, water scarcity, competing land uses, and climate change. It provides examples of these challenges, such as land degradation through soil erosion, salinity and desertification. It also addresses the capacity of the world's environments to sustainably feed future populations given challenges like anticipated population growth. Other topics covered include the importance of family farming, geographic skills and knowledge related to food security and environmental management, and human-induced environmental changes that challenge sustainability.
2. Food waste 7.7 million
households
Global food prices $1000/year
Cameroon Bio-diversity
hot spot
Palm oil Land acquisition
Migration to
the city
Bangladesh storms and rising
sea levels
Greenhouse
gases
Bali golf course fresh water holiday
International year
of family farming
2014 small landholders 80%
Sweet potatoes Crop diversity
Papua New
Guinea
Women in farming
Beef Rice 2,000 litres 15,000 litres
Dr Karl
Kruszelnicki
Fremantle Mobile phone Giant squid
3. Year 9 Geography
The challenges to food production, including land and
water degradation, shortage of fresh water, competing
land uses, and climate change, for Australia and other
areas of the world. (ACHGK063)
exploring environmental challenges to food production
from land degradation (soil erosion, salinity,
desertification), industrial pollution, water scarcity and
climate change
identifying the impacts on food production from
competing land uses, for example, urban and industrial
uses, mining, production of food crops for biofuels,
production of food crops for livestock, and recreation
(such as, golf courses)
4. Year 9 Geography
The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably
feed the projected future population to achieve food
security for Australia and the world.(ACHGK064)
examining the effects of anticipated future population
growth on global food production and security, and its
implications for agriculture and agricultural innovation
researching the potential of agricultural production in
northern Australia and identifying how poverty, food
wastage, government policies or trade barriers could
affect future food security
8. Why is family farming important?
Family farming has an important socio-economic, environmental and
cultural role.
Family and small-scale farming are inextricably linked to world
food security.
Family farming preserves traditional food products, while
contributing to a balanced diet and safeguarding the world’s agro-
biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources.
Family farming represents an opportunity to boost local
economies, especially when combined with specific policies aimed
at social protection and well-being of communities.
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9. Food security & environmental management
Geographic skills and knowledge in this area are
absolutely essential:
Crucial but less known
Students - ‘professionals’ and ‘consumers’
Technical knowledge for innovation and system change
Knowledge for lifestyle and activism
10. Some links
Palm oil case study
International year of family farming
Water footprints
Global Education Website – the power of food
The Poverty Priority
11. Year 7: Community & Liveability
Year 8: Change & Urbanisation
Year 9: Trade and Interconnection
Year 10: Well-being
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20. Cameroon Bio-diversity
hot spot
Palm oil Land acquisition
Migration to
the city
Bangladesh storms and rising
sea levels
Greenhouse
gases
Bali golf course fresh water holiday
Mobile phone gorilla tantalum Congo river basin
Bibbulmun Balardong Whadjuk South-west
Dr Karl
Kruszelnicki
Fremantle
International Year
of Family Farming
Giant squid
21. Year 10 Geography
The human-induced environmental changes that
challenge sustainability (ACHGK070).
discussing the concept of sustainability, and the significance of the
source, sink, service and spiritual functions of the environment
identifying human-induced environmental changes, for example,
water and atmospheric pollution; loss of biodiversity; degradation
of land, inland and coastal aquatic environments; and discussing
the challenges they pose for sustainability
24. NATURAL
The conservation of living
things, resources and
support systems
ECONOMIC
Employment and income
that is ongoing and fair
SOCIAL
Peace, equality and human
rights, especially for the
most vulnerable
POLITICAL
Access to decision-making
and influence over your
own life and place
Interlocking pillars of
Sustainability
(UNESCO)
37. Contact us at:
5 King William St
Bayswater 6053
Ph: (08) 9371 9133
www.oneworldcentre.org.au
education@oneworldcentre.org.au
primaryed@oneworldcentre.org.au
secondaryed@oneworldcentre.org.au
Think of your organization or where you’re hoping to go, and generate some questions about it under each of these headings. In groups, so that your questions are combined.
When thinking about ‘environment or social or political etc, what might I learn, what questions do I have? What are some key issues in this area?