Tuesday, February 2, 2010

TOPICS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FOR THE FINAL TERM

These are the different environmental issues to be discussed as part of the requirements for 2BSINFOSYS-B section. Create a personal blog and include the following topics as part of your report (for infosystem students). For those who are not 2bsis students submit your reports on short-sized bond paper, minimum of three (3) pages, single-spaced, with illustrations or photos, and at the end of the page cite all your references or sources. Please be guided accordingly.
Submission of papers would be by topic and should be done every Thursday of the week.

TOPICS:
1. Global Warming-vs- Climate Change (Causes and Effects)
2. Ozone Depletion (Causes and Effects)
3. Solid Waste Management (RA 9003), Biodegradable-vs-non biodegradable, and other hazardous wastes
4. Population Growth (Phil. Setting/Current data of Phil. population/Family Planning/Unemployment/Rapid Urbanization)
5. Pollution (Air, Water, and Terrestrial - Causes, effects)
6. Renewable-vs-non renewable resources (types and uses)
7. Mineral Depletion, Deforestation, Coral Bleaching, Mangrove Ecosystem
8. El Nino and La Nina Weather Disturbances, Typhoons (Phil Setting)
9. Biodiversity Loss (Endangered, Threatened and Extinct Species)