...Shrimp Commodity System A Sustainability Institute Report by Denise Johnston, Chris Soderquist and Donella H. Meadows There’s a basic fear between your world and mine. I don’t know why. What I came to say was, teach the children about the cycles. The life cycles. All the other cycles. That’s what it’s all about, and it’s all forgot.” —Gary Snyder. “To/From Lew” July 2000 © Sustainability Institute PO Box 174 Hartland Four Corners VT 05049 Inquiries to d.meadows@dartmouth.edu Table of Contents Commodity Project Background ...................................................................................... page 2 The Shrimp System .......................................................................................................... page 3 Wild Shrimp Fisheries Shrimp Aquaculture Model Purpose and Development..................................................................................... page 4 Model Structure ................................................................................................................ page 5 Scenarios from the Model................................................................................................. page 9 Scenario 1: Unbounded Aquaculture Scenario 2: The Environment Strikes Back Scenario 3: Help for the Fishery Scenario 4: Best Practice for the Shrimp Farmers Summary of Dynamic Lessons ....................................................................................... page 12 Notes on Process to Date .....
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...proximity to us, that also need help. As Signer said, the relief need of places such a Bengal is far worse than what we have in the United States. Any of Singer’s attempts to change the views of charity vs. duty seemed very radicle. To say we all have an obligation to assist in every situation is absurd. Everyone can agree that suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care is bad. If we have the power to prevent these bad things, are we not obligated to sacrifice everything we can to do so? This seems clear that morally we are obligated to prevent things we have the power to prevent. Yet there are so many situations that people make exceptions on and where morality and reason is challenged. Singer gives a scenario, a child drowning in a pond; you sacrifice the $70 worth of clothes that you are wearing to save the child. Then he says child in Bengal is in need of food, shelter, medical care, and $70 would go a long way for this child to also save its life. Yet people are less likely to send money through charities to save the starving Bengal child due to proximity. Singer believes the moral answer would be the same for both scenarios. The difference between these two scenarios is the child in the pond depends on you for help. With the child in Bengal, there are other people, richer people that can assist. But when you add other people into the scenario with the...
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...mythical creature that has destroyed hundreds of pond habitats, called the Asian Swamp Eel. These small monsters are highly invasive, and no one knows where they came from. The article, "Asian Swamp Eel Threatens Native N.J. Wildlife" by Brian Murray explains how biologists found these unfriendly eels in a pond. A newsletter, "Asian Swamp Eel", by Christopher Smith explains the introduction of these creatures and what people are doing to prevent their spread. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources also made an informative memo which explains their unique characteristics. And a video called, "Asian Swamp eels in Silver Lake", by Nj.com explains their crazy adaptations that make them so dangerous....
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...Both Henry David Throeau’s Walden and Jon Kraukauer’s Into the Wild speak of entering a solitary existence in order to find peace and tranquility in their own personal worlds. Thoreau wrote about his visit at Walden pond, whereas Kraukauer related his text to the nonfiction story of Chris McCandless’ journey into the wild Alaskan terrain. Besides the similarities, both McCandless and Thoreau had different approaches in their own pursuit of life alone that would later determine their separate fates. In everyone’s life, there will be a point in which we feel a sudden urge to just get away. We come to realize that there could be more than just the materialistic things. We come to wonder the meaning behind everything. In Henry David Throeau’s Walden,...
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...Which overall growth strategy should Pacific Cares adopt? * GO WITH STEADY SCENARIO for next two years (2006 & 2007) * The potential risk for the robust scenario is not worth it (comparative net margins don’t justify the risk – Exhibit 3). * Lack of confidence of the projections for the robust scenario add to the riskiness (“the CEO and Chairman only had 85% confidence in the 2006 projection and 75% confidence in the 2007 estimate.”) * 75% topline growth for the steady scenario is still quite respectable (any investor would be happy with that level of growth). * They’ve only been in business for 3 years. Pacific Cares is just ramping-up in many ways. It’s a good time to control growth, check the vision, and stay in alignment with ‘First do no harm’. Should Pacific Cares enter the European market? Why or Why not? * TAKE THE ‘GET TO KNOW EUROPE MARKET’ APPROACH * Ryan and Peter identified two high-potential options to enter into Europe. They should go with the first option. -Run the tech support fulfillment team in shifts from North America and have employees travel to Europe for short stays = incremental advancement to become familiar with the market before making further commitment. * Pacific Cares needs to investigate the opportunity ‘across the pond’ thoroughly before becoming an international player. They can do this with option above. * Becoming an international business requires huge investment – need to hire international...
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...that can be made onsite in villages or local communities from renewable, locally available resources, for the most part using simple equipment that a local workshop can make and maintain. These fuels are among a wide range sustainable local energy options. Others are methane (biogas) digesters that run livestock, crop, and food wastes into cooking and heating gas, charcoal and fuel wood (good fuels unless over harvesting destroys the trees themselves), wind power, and water power. This research aims to produce BIOFUEL, which has an affordable price than the commercial fuel. Statement of the Problem 1. Is the scales of Tilapia contains chemical components necessary in the production of BIOFUEL? 2. What is the best concentration of Tilapia Scales that would yield the highest amount of...
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...UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA BJMP 6023 Supply Chain Management (Assignment) AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA – THE CHALLENGES FOR BLUE ARCHIPELAGO BERHAD PREPARED FOR: Prof. Dr. Premkumar PhD (USM) Prepared By: Wan Haniff bin Wan Ahmad Submission Date 1 April 2012 CONTENTS No. Description Page 1 Executive Summary 3 2 Background 3 3 Problem Statements 5 4 Sustainability 6 5 Stakeholders Analysis 7 6 BAB Supply Chain 9 7 Gap Analysis 13 8 Recommendations 15 9 Conclusion 15 AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA – THE CHALLENGES FOR BLUE ARCHIPELAGO BERHAD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Blue Archipelago Berhad (BAB) is a shrimp aquaculture company dedicated to the production of premium quality seafood for the global market. BAB business is built on the foundations of high quality standards, food safety, ecological sustainability and social responsibility. Their ultimate aim is to develop a Malaysian seafood brand that is associated with wholesomeness and integrity. However, to grow shrimp BAB has to face many challenges especially disease and shortage of fry from supplier. Disease has become major treat to Grow out (GO) in Kerpan Kedah. In the modest world economic growth it is expected to result in continued strong consumer demand. The continued economic recovery in Asia countries particularly Japan and china, should result in increased demand for food. Consumers are increasingly concerned about food quality and...
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...How would you feel if I dropped a big hairy Tarantula down the back of your neck? What would you do if I took you in a plane until cars and trucks below looked like ants? Would you scream, yell or cry? Would you be left feeling nauseas, or unable to move. Would you hyperventilate and suffer a serious heart attack right there siting on your chair? If you would, you may have a phobia. A phobia is an extreme or irrational fear. Everybody suffers from some kind of fear, everybody in the WORLD suffers from some kind of fear. Except Chuck Norris, he doesn’t have fears, fears have Chuck Norris. Most fears start fron scary events/thing that occur in the sufferers childhood. For example, About 100 years ago, my Great Nana Letty at the age 8 was locked in a school cupboard by the teacher. She was left overnight. .. haha. After that day till the day she died she suffered from a common but serious fear of being in cramped places- Claustrophobia. A specific phobia is a extreme fear of a specific thing. There are around 530 documented specific phobias. Lots of you may have heard about the more common phobias like Arachnophobia, the fear of spiders or Claustrophobia, the fear of being trapped in small places But there are also many ridiculously outrageous phobias for example; the fear of chicken or knowledge or even Gynophobia, the fear of chins. According to a highly experienced New Zealand medical doctor, Dr Frances Pitsilis, 10% of people in our nation suffer from specific phobias...
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...CIRDAP The Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) is a regional, intergovernmental and autonomous institution. It was established in 1979 at the initiative of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations with support from other UN organisations and donor countries/agencies. The member countries of CIRDAP are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh (host state), Fiji Islands, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The main objectives of the Centre are to: (i) assist national action, (ii) promote regional cooperation, and (iii) act as a servicing institution for its member countries for promotion of integrated rural development through research, action research, training and information dissemination. Amelioration of rural poverty in the Asia-Pacific region has been the prime concern of CIRDAP. The programme priorities of CIRDAP are set under four Areas of Concern: 1) Agrarian development; 2) Institutional/infrastructural development; 3) Resource development including human resources; and 4) Employment. Within these areas of concern, the thematic areas are: Poverty alleviation through participatory approaches with emphasis on social sector development (e.g. health, education and nutrition); Employment generation through microcredit support, infrastructure development and local resource mobilisation;...
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...Case 16 New England Seafood Company Prepared for: New England Seafood Company’s Senior Management Prepared by: New England Seafood Company’s Senior Management Adam Jeff Conner Bryan February 6, 2014 Executive Summary New England Seafood Company executives face a potential two-stage plan to move into the freshwater catfish market because of the banned oyster harvesting along much of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and increased competition from foreign producers. These factors have resulted in significantly lower yields for New England Seafood. In order to stay in business, New England Seafood Company needs to look at harvesting and processing something other than seafood. New England Seafood Company looks to potentially harvest and process catfish. They are looking to enter the catfish market in a two-stage plan. They must choose to begin a preliminary stage to test the catfish market. After testing the catfish market in the preliminary stage, New England Seafood Company can then enter into a final stage (stage-two) of development. In order for New England Seafood Company to make the best possible decision, they must address the following issues: Determine an accurate representation of the risk of the two-stage project with the appropriate cost of capital, determine New England Seafood Company’s future net cash flows, and determine the efficient utilization of land across company processing divisions. We have determined that an appropriate...
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...Tornquist ** I NTRODUCTION THIS case study investigates the strategic environment of the airline industry operates. In particular, the role of Singapore International Airlines (SIA) in the global airline industry is considered. The study uses the concept of the “Three Ring Circus” (KCI , 2002), as an overarching framework, whereby the Past, the Present and the PFuture is used for studying the strategic issues in the airline industry and SIA. The past focuses on the key strategic drivers in the airline industry over the past 10-20 years and provides a historic industry overview. The present serves the role of looking at the airline industry and SIA’s present strategic drivers and what is important to consider in this environment. The Possible Futures, or PFutures, looks at what potential drivers or strategic advantages may be present in future, and how SIA is responding to some of these issues. The research in this project is mainly qualitative. It is based on interviews with key people within the airline industry, government officials, industry analysts and stakeholders. The analysis is also based on a review of the airline industry literature as well as the personal reflections of the authors in drawing together some key issues and insights that may help formulate, inform and prepare SIA’s strategy for moving forward into the unpredictable future. This paper begins with a simple model for considering strategic and economic issues in the global airline industry. After...
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...today's world. Business produces the goods and services that meet our needs, wants and desires. It is this process that has lead to much of the destruction of the environment that has taken place. This damage continues on a daily basis. Purpose There can be little doubt that mankind and indeed the whole planet is facing an environmental crisis. The environment crisis can be seen as global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, tropical deforestation or top soil erosion. The role of business is playing a crucial role in creating this crisis and what it can do to help protect the environment in the future. So the purpose is to know how the business can help our environment and in which way it can bring up the positive change. The goals are: * To know how the business is affecting the environment. * To know in what way the business can contribute to the society. * To know what is the present scenario of the businesses and what they are doing to preserve the environment. * To know about the awareness and the different methods to preserve the environment. Description World has also understood that any damages caused to the environment will (in the long run) affect the business plans as well. Key environmental issues affecting business include industrial waste, sustainable development of raw...
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...THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS “The modern era began with the discovery that started the most brilliant, inventive, and destructive age in the history of mankind. The age of energy.” The Athabasca oil sands were founded in the late 1960s and have now developed into a major player within the Canadian economy, acting as its prominent supplier of crude oil. With roughly 2.5 trillion barrels of oil in the ground, the oil sands are one of the largest deposits in the world. However, a problem arises with the extraction process, as it is both expensive and cumbersome with the presence of bitumen within the oil (a highly viscous, black hydrocarbon). Therefore, the extensive extraction process that is required by oil mining companies leads to negative environmental implications. As a result, this paper will discuss the extent of these environmental implications in terms of escalating greenhouse gas emissions, the depletion and contamination of water reserves, and the destruction of terrestrial ecosystems within the Boreal forest. In addition to this, the underlying notion of Alberta’s unlikely future for a sustainable environment. Greenhouse gases (GHG) are emissions within the atmosphere that absorbs and emit radiation, thus damaging the ozone layer. Taking this into consideration, the expansionary development associated with the Athabasca oil sands are rapidly increasing the level of pollution emitted within Canada. The oil sands alone are a...
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...Purpose “Interior Design” is a segment of a three-film movie directed by Michel Gondry. (Dagdagan pa about sa director). The story begins with the arrival of a young filmmaker, Akira and his girlfriend, Hiroko in Tokyo, Japan to find stable careers. Akemi, Hiroko's old friend, gave a hand and offered them her apartment until they have enough money to accommodate for their own. As Akira starts to become obsessed with his ambition to become a successful filmmaker, it's Hiroko who is having a hard time in knowing her purpose and goals in life. Until one morning she woke up with a very strange physical changes that made the story unusual and extraordinary. The story shows an economic issue that gives me the idea of what it feels like to be a “small fish in a big pond”. When the young couple moved to Tokyo, they struggled in coping up with how people live there. Because they don't have enough money to accommodate their own apartment, Akira and Hiroko searched for a part-time job. But sadly, it was Akira who was hired at the wrapping store. This pushed Akira to do his best and earn money for them to put up their own apartment and for their future. He used his job as a stepping stone in reaching his dream of becoming successful filmmaker and also proved that he can also be one of those successful filmmakers in Tokyo. Social issue was also tackled in the film. There was a part when Hiroko heard Akemi and her boyfriend talking about her. Akemi said that Hiroko is becoming a burden...
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...firm operates out of several different countries and all at once. There are many firms who are considered to be a multinational corporations; however it can be quite difficult to determine if the company is a multinational corporation. The reason for that is because it isn’t’ always evident that the company is a multinational corporation. There is growth with companies merge; there joint ventures which can occur between more than one company and also alliances are formed between two or more firms. And also there are acquisitions which occur when one company acquires another company. Therefore, consumers more often than not tend to be more acquainted with the brand and probably do not know who actually owns the parent company. For example, what car company now owns Acura; the...
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