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Earthwise is a publication by the British Geological Survey and it's free! There are useful editions on sustainability and mineral exploration and exploitation in LEDCs.

Fair Trade Fortnight 26 Feb - 9 March

As part of Fair Trade fortnight More 4 are screening Black Gold an excellent ducumentary about the coffee industry ($80 billion per annum) see http://blackgold.channel4.com/?intcmp=docpage_box1 and http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/ for more details. A very useful case study.

Also check out http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/ for more details about events, information and resources on fair trade.

Homework for Friday 29th

Due to a fieldtrip on Wednesday 27th, I will not be in school, so the homework is due for Friday. To recap, you need to read both chapters; write up two case studies (1 page) on China and the Mekong Basin; complete question 1 page 246 and question 1 page 249. You can post your work to this blog.
Websites useful for this homework include http://www.ft.com/companies/asiapacific, http://www.newint.org/, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html (information on all countries), http://www.american.edu/ted/mekong.htm (case study on the Mekong Dam)