1. Unit: 9 Monitoring the world
environment

2.  Changes in the world’s environment have
a very powerful effect on the people of our
planet.

3.  Over time, advancement in science and
technology have made it possible to
monitor these changes.
 The TIROS Program (Television Infrared Observation Satellite)
was NASA's first experimental step to determine if satellites
could be useful in the study of the Earth

4. Scientists have proven that
human activity altered the
atmosphere, changed the
quality of earth’s water and the
soil. People now understand
the connection between
industrialization and global
warming.

5. Why are forest important?
 1. Forest produce oxygen
 2. Stabilizes the balance of CO2
 3. Conserves water in soil
 4. Preserves watershed
 5. Stabilized soil/prevents soil erosion
 6. Habitat of some species (animals
and other plants)

6. Deforestation
- Cutting of trees
- Burning trees
- -when people
decides to make the
area in to farms or
ranches
- - clears the area to
build dams
- - uses timber for
different purposes

7. International organizations have been set
up to monitor and share information to
help people become more aware of the
changes

8. This organization promote discussion and
planning between nations to monitor and
promote activities related to agriculture.
The main office is in Rome, Italy
They study and monitor in the world shortage of
food due to fast growth population;
-also due to wars, famine, natural disasters and
climate change.

9. Areas:
1. Food and
agriculture
-equipment to dig wells
or irrigation canals
-financial support and
-educating farmers so
they will understand
how to preserve the
environment

10. -continue
2. Food and Fisheries
-Monitor misuse of
natural environment
-- some nations dump
toxic waste into
oceans
--sells fish that are not
worth for eating
- Protection to people
- Protection to natural

11. - continue
3. Food and Forestry
-Preservation of world’s
forest
-Regulates forest
industry
-Development and
promotion of products
obtained from trees
means employment

12. UNESCO
United Nations
Educational Scientific
and Cultural
Organization
= To participate in the
promotion of peace and
world stability
= Study of science,
culture, communication
to promote justice and
laws and respect the

13. Our Changing and Unstable
Planet
 1. Tropical storm
 2. Famine and lack of drinking water
 3. Earthquakes
 4. Tsunami

15. Kevin Carter : Pulitzer
Awardee
Carter's winning photo shows a heart-
breaking scene of a starving child collapsed
on the ground, struggling to get to a food
center during a famine in the Sudan in 1993.
In the background, a vulture stalks the
emaciated child.