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Visualising Pare Valley: an introduction

Visualising Pare Cover

the rice irrigation scheme, Pare Valley, Tanzania

U-Oslo Anthro Environmental Health Research

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Test project Pesticides and Protection Tanzania

testing out building a project

Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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4. Who are stakeholders, what are their characteristics, and what are their perceptions of the problems?

A coalition of churches, synagogues, mosques, and cultural organizations located in the Inland Empire. Unfortunately, without any up-to-date number of members in this coalition.

For the org. there is a spiritual connection linking the desert landscapes and religious beliefs. Their primary focus is congregating more groups around environmental hazards in desert lands.

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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2. What environmental hazards are there in this setting, what is their source and what are their effects on the environment, health and inclusive prosperity?

The organization is looking for a “new dimension and depth” in the discussion about the environmental crisis. Engaging in different fields:

alternative energy development,
mining, recreation,
military exercises,
transportation corridors
proposed national monuments.

Desert Stewardship Project

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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1. What is the setting of this case? What are its assets? What opportunities and challenges will there be in this setting in coming years?

Desert Stewardship Project is an interfaith coalition dedicated to protecting the deserts of California.

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N.J. officials seeking a solution to Port Newark pollution

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How are agencies/companies helping to minimize this hazard.

One of the possible solutions to air pollution is the truck replacement program where old trucks are being replaced with newer trucks to "curb diesel emissions, and that low-sulfur fuels were making ships’ engines run cleaner." However, this is difficult to implement because it can affect the jobs of many truckers and trucking companies by limiting how many pickups they can make.