CONCLUSION

After 8 week, we have done 16 entries for our blog which topic Global Issues. Most of the topic that was included in this blog is about everything that was happened in our surrounding in every day. The issues that were discussed were different but still under the same main topic such as poverty issues, health issues, food issues and finances issue also the nature issues. Most of the issues are the latest news or article that posted by many sources such as from the new paper, magazine and got from others references.

Therefore, by chosen this topic we were able to gain our knowledge about the phenomena that were happened around us during search for the article for upload to the blog. Besides that, we needed to summaries the article and there have some word that we can’t understand, so dictionary is our ‘best friend’ to settle this problem. In fact, during the process we also can read the blog of others friend which the different and interesting topic.

We are also getting a close relationship between three of us that in the other hands is our team work. It was done successfully with enjoyable moment during the discussion section which we were changed our opinion about the topic to ensure that we get the best output at the end of section.

NATURE ISSUE

By Anup Shah, This Page Last Updated Monday, February 01, 2010.

Haiti (Nature Disaster)

A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.0 hit Haiti near its capital, Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010. This situation caused over 150,000 is confirmed dead and 1.5 million left homeless.

The quake was also felt in neighboring areas including Dominican Republic, in Turks and Caicos Islands, southeastern Cuba, eastern Jamaica, in parts of Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, and as far as Tampa, Florida and Caracas, Venezuela, according to the US Geological Survey.

The immense poverty of Haiti, its weak infrastructure and poor quality buildings have contributed to the large death toll and massive destruction.

NATURE ISSUE

Nature and Animal Conservation

The conservation of ecosystem and species in the biodiversity need to maintain their natural balances from disturbed or disrupted by human activity. This occurs such as habitat destruction, illegal poaching, to influencing or manipulating laws designed to protect species.

Beside that, its can be strongly approved with the declining number of the tiger that it population was declined by 95% in last century because they was imposed by poaching, retributive killings and lost their habitat.

In fact, its not just tigers, rare leopards, deer and other animals are also being illegally traded and many other animals are dwindling in numbers.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE

Forest Destruction

What about rainforest destruction? What happened to them? The main causes of total clearance are agriculture and fuelwood collection in drier area. For the forest degradation, the main cause is logging. Large areas of rainforest are destroyed for only to remove a few logs. Wow! Pity of them…. Mining and industry also give a serious impact. Indigenous people are displace, severe water, air and land pollution occurs because of that. One more cause for the forest degradation is tourism. Why we said that? This is because many companies and resorts are in fact exploiting the environment for profit like for example in Cape Town Tribulation, Australia. The rainforest is being threatened by excessive tourism. Clearing for rounds and pollution of water are the major problems in this area.

HEALTH ISSUE

Tobacco

In the health organization, tobacco was categorizes as the second major causes of death in the world and it companies are compelled to target the young and women. Besides that, the teenager are also be the future consumer that often highly impressionable and in some societies with significant disposable income for any company where brand and consumption of their products are important to attracting members of society increases the chances of longer term to lock in.

Other than that, tobacco were also created a lot of negative effects such as exacerbates poverty that contributes to world hunger by diverting prime land away from food production. In fact, it can damage the environment and reduces the productivity of our economic.

WOMEN'S RIGHT ISSUE

Women’s rights around the world is an important indicator to understand global well-being. A major global women’s rights treaty was ratified by the majority of the world’s nations a few decades ago.

Yet, despite many successes in empowering women, numerous issues still exist in all areas of life, ranging from the cultural, political to the economic. For example, women often work more than men, yet are paid less; gender discrimination affects girls and women throughout their lifetime; and women and girls are often are the ones that suffer the most poverty. Reasons for such disparity include the fact that women are generally underpaid and because they often perform low-status jobs, compared to men.

Women not only earn less than men but also tend to own fewer assets. Gender biases in property and inheritance laws and in other channels of acquiring assets also leave women and children at greater risk of poverty.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ISSUE

By Anup Shah, This Page Last Updated Sunday, January 03, 2010.

The Banana Trade War

"Although bananas may only look like a fruit, they represent a wide variety of environmental, economic, social, and political problems. The banana trade symbolizes economic imperialism, injustices in the global trade market, and the globalization of the agricultural economy. Bananas are also number four on the list of staple crops in the world and one of the biggest profit makers in supermarkets, making them critical for economic and global food security. As one of the first tropical fruits to be exported, bananas were a cheap way to bring “the tropics” to North America and Europe."

Bananas are Serious Business

Bananas are globally one of the most commonly eaten fruit, not just in the tropics where they are usually grown, but in regions like North America and Europe. However, the way bananas are produced and exported gives an insight into a number of global issues.

In a number of countries such as Brazil and India, large amounts of bananas are produced but consumed mostly locally. Other regions such as Central America and the Caribbean include a large number of banana exporters. Some of the nations in these regions are quite dependent on banana exports, often to their former colonial rulers.