To Farm or Not Farm?That’s the Question Mate!

July 6, 2010Reims 2010

Karel Cassimon Michelle Farhat Arturo Enrique Jasso Garduno Kate Mulcahy Tim Reidel

Ecosultants, Inc.

Ramifications

Short Term• Economic Services decline:

• Shortage of trees and hence less material available to build furniture etc.

• Decrease in the quality of the economic services• Prices for these services increase• Economic impact to the farmers – loss of income

• Ecosystem services decline:• Disturbance & Water regulation - Drought in water supply• Food Production – Shortage of fish, vegetation etc.. -> Increase of

food prices• Decrease in quality of the food, water and air available

Short Term• The ecological economic efficiency (EEE) is very low

• Less vegetation therefore the road is more vulnerable to erosion bush fires and dust storms

𝐸𝐸𝐸= 𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑𝑁𝐾 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑑

= 𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 × 𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑥𝑀𝑀𝐾 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑁𝐾 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑥 𝑁𝐾 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑁𝐾 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑑

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Long Term• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

predicts that rainfall could drop by 40% by 2070, along with a 7C rise in temperature.

• Ecosystem service critical:• All rivers and lakes dry up, we are now in a critical state in terms of

ecosystem service.• Drought in food and water supply• Spaceman world, whereby there is no more room to grow.• Unsustainable

• Sustainability of agricultural industry

Long Term• Conversion of Australia from a net food importer to a net

food exporter• Lost in $ tourism• Economic Services are further exacerbated

Strategy• Re-planting of the rainforest• Educate• Stop adapting landscape to suit alien European farming

practices.• Start planting drought tolerant plants such as:

• Fruiting Plants: Barbados Cherry, Pineapple, Edible Fig, Avocado, Blackberry Guava, Macadamia, Mango, Pomegranate, Muscadine Grape, Lychee, Citrus

• Improve import and exporting policies - start trading• Forbid planting in certain areas • Stop subsidizing farmers in times of drought.

Strategy• Service efficiency: MMK services gained/NKK stock

• Improve by making all products more water efficient such as washing machines.

• Throughput efficiency: • Produce foods and keep the surplus when you are predicting a

drought i.e. not export it.

Thank You! Karel CassimonMichelle Farhat

Arturo Enrique Jasso GardunoKate Mulcahy

Tim Reidel

Ecosultants, Inc.