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Damnation, Purgatory and Armageddon The Environmentalist’s Tale
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The Environmentalists Tale Damnation, Purgatory and Armageddon The - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Environmentalists Tale Damnation, Purgatory and Armageddon The - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Environmentalists Tale Damnation, Purgatory and Armageddon The Environmentalists Tale 2 Environmental Eden Managing Ecology Shift in livelihood strategies Barka Alla, North of Kutum, North Darfur 70% 60% 50% 40% Before Currently
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Environmental Eden
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Managing Ecology
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Shift in livelihood strategies
Barka Alla, North of Kutum, North Darfur
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Livestock Farming Trade Migration Salaried (Military recruitment) Before Currently
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A choice of no choice
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Destructive livelihoods?
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Water table & Bricks
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Growth!
Source: Development Initiatives, GHA 2010 Report
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Evolution
Source: Development Initiatives 2008 from OECD DAC data
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Complex Crisis
Source: Burkle 2010
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Purgatory
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Climate Change
1. More extreme climatic events? 2. Stress > Strain > Violence
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Prehistoric complexity Middle Holocene 7,000‐5,500 BP
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Palioclimate
Source: Claussen, Brovkin, Ganopolski. 2001
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Social & Political change at the birth of urban
- More structured
- Less healthy
- Lower life expectancy
- Harder work
- More violence
Source: Brooks, N., Di Lernia, S., Drake, N. Chiapello, I., Legrand, M., Moulin, C. and Prospero, J. 2005. The environment-society nexus in the Sahara from prehistoric times to the present day. The Journal of North African Studies 304, 253-292
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Historical complexity
Source: David D. Zhang, Peter Brecke, Harry F. Lee, Yuan-Qing He, and Jane Zhang. 2007. Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history.
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Armageddon?
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Context and evidence are everything
- Standards & Systems
- Context, Flexibility
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