The situation is also exacerbated by the following factors:
We have already examined
some of these issues in previous chapters, again highlighting how issues of
sustainability are all encompassing and cannot be compartmentalised
• fossil
fuel depletion
• corporate
control of genetic diversity, seeds and natural resources
• displacement
of indigenous people
• soil
degradation
• water
scarcity
• increasing
population
• increasing
urbanisation
• intensive
livestock farming
• competition
for land and resources
• super
farms and monoculture
• poor
planning of urban areas
• just-in-time
distribution
• supermarket
domination
• geopolitics
and war.
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