group 4 day 2 presentation
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Australia's drought problemTRANSCRIPT
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To Farm or Not Farm?That’s the Question Mate!
July 6, 2010Reims 2010
Karel Cassimon Michelle Farhat Arturo Enrique Jasso Garduno Kate Mulcahy Tim Reidel
Ecosultants, Inc.
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Ramifications
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Short Term• Economic Services decline:
• Shortage of trees and hence less material available to build furniture etc.
• Decrease in the quality of the economic services• Prices for these services increase• Economic impact to the farmers – loss of income
• Ecosystem services decline:• Disturbance & Water regulation - Drought in water supply• Food Production – Shortage of fish, vegetation etc.. -> Increase of
food prices• Decrease in quality of the food, water and air available
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Short Term• The ecological economic efficiency (EEE) is very low
• Less vegetation therefore the road is more vulnerable to erosion bush fires and dust storms
𝐸𝐸𝐸= 𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑𝑁𝐾 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑑
= 𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 × 𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑥𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑁𝐾 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑥 𝑁𝐾 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑁𝐾 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑑
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Long Term• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
predicts that rainfall could drop by 40% by 2070, along with a 7C rise in temperature.
• Ecosystem service critical:• All rivers and lakes dry up, we are now in a critical state in terms of
ecosystem service.• Drought in food and water supply• Spaceman world, whereby there is no more room to grow.• Unsustainable
• Sustainability of agricultural industry
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Long Term• Conversion of Australia from a net food importer to a net
food exporter• Lost in $ tourism• Economic Services are further exacerbated
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Strategy• Re-planting of the rainforest• Educate• Stop adapting landscape to suit alien European farming
practices.• Start planting drought tolerant plants such as:
• Fruiting Plants: Barbados Cherry, Pineapple, Edible Fig, Avocado, Blackberry Guava, Macadamia, Mango, Pomegranate, Muscadine Grape, Lychee, Citrus
• Improve import and exporting policies - start trading• Forbid planting in certain areas • Stop subsidizing farmers in times of drought.
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Strategy• Service efficiency: MMK services gained/NKK stock
• Improve by making all products more water efficient such as washing machines.
• Throughput efficiency: • Produce foods and keep the surplus when you are predicting a
drought i.e. not export it.
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Thank You! Karel CassimonMichelle Farhat
Arturo Enrique Jasso GardunoKate Mulcahy
Tim Reidel
Ecosultants, Inc.