... spurred globalization in the second half of the 20th century include Telecommunications, the Internet, Television, Global Positioning Systems, Communications Satellites, Electronic Funds Transfer, and World Wide Web. • Ecological and environmental impacts of globalization may include Global Warming, Deforestation, Pollution, and Endangered Species. • Writers and thinkers who have addressed different facets ... and effects of globalization include Marshall McLuhan, R. Buckminster Fuller, and George B. Schaller. REFER MICROSOFT ENCARTA-------KEY WORD-GLOBALIZATION .Globalization- globa...

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... issues have, in the last two decades, received and great deal of publicity and study. Acid Rain, Global Warming and Pollution have been studied extensively as scientists link types of human activity to the destruction of the planet that ... third world countries to turn down. In the world=s temperate regions ie: Canada and United States, deforestation is primarily caused by commercial forestry. The global markets= demand for wood and wood products fuels the scale of logging activities. As consumption of wood, paper and other forest products increases so does ... soil is unable to consume...

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