What are the UN's
Millennium
Development Goals?
Goal 7 Ensure environmental stability:
The goal is to reduce by 50 percent the number of people without access to safe drinking water, and reduce the number of slum dwellers by 2020
Colombia: Tracing Water Pollution
--exercise created by Hyun Ahe (Sylvia) Lee, and Joyce Lam
Watch the video at the link below. Consider how the subject relates to MDG #7:
http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unia/detail/1556030204001.html
Note the programme transcript:
http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1314.pdf
Location mentioned in the video: __________________
Major industry of the village: _____________________
- What is the IAEA doing in Colombia? Why is it important?
- Why is knowing about water pollution important?
- According what you have seen in the video, how can the locals help to improve the situation?
Key words:
- Toxic by-products
- Pesticide
- Fertilizer
- IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
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- Mercury
- Mining
- Heavy metals
- Industry
- Fresh-water
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Discussion questions:
Why is knowing about water pollution important?
According what you have seen in the video, how can the locals help to improve the situation?
