Question

describe a government based effort (international or not) to improve resource use and management. include how the policy affects a specific country or area of the world.

Answer 1

One big example that you can get started with is the Three Gorges Dam in China. It's the world's largest hydroelectric plant that has just had its last generator put in. It was built to provide clean energy, but also to control the annual flooding of the Yangtze river which has been a historic problem for China.

It's also a project that has a lot of controversy over it (it forced 1.4 million people to move to new homes because of the reservoir it would create, flooding out villages and cities behind the dam). There are also a large number of environmental concerns over it.

Here are a few links to help you with the assignment:

PBS' program information covering the Three Gorges Dam and the Yangtze River it was created to tame:
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/greatwall/dam.html

A special interest group's writeup on the Three Gorges Dam and some of the issues they are concerned over:
http://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/three-gorges-dam

Answer 2

u can see here
http://www.un.org/millennium/sg/report/ch4.htm