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Younger population not only has increased mobility and flexibility but also has much more choice. This creates problems for companies to retain the  top talent. This paeticularly is imporant for consulting industry as it begins to move towards long-term relationships with clients, rather than a one off deal. <br>
Younger population not only has increased mobility and flexibility but also has much more choice. This creates problems for companies to retain the  top talent. This paeticularly is imporant for consulting industry as it begins to move towards long-term relationships with clients, rather than a one off deal. <br>


== Numbers that matter ==
[[Numbers that matter]]
 
I think at the beginning we should say, that almost all issues were addressed, such as poverty, education, HIV, so the world now is not so bad as it was one week ago :)
We know that one of the millennium development goals is to ensure environmental sustainability <br>
1) Addressing deforestation <br>
Forests are the most important repositories of terrestrial biological biodiversity, housing up to 90 per cent of known terrestrial species. <br>
It is estimated that to restore biodiversity at sustainable levels, we need to restore forest land lost in 10 years i.e. 130 million hectares.<br>
Which is equivalent to 14 billion trees a year for 10 years.<br>
14 billion trees require '''$14 billion/year''' (UN - 1 $ a tree) <br>
 
One method is to get down it to people:
Population of BOP (below poverty line) = (32.6% of total population) = 2.3 billion <br>
Not BOP = 4.6 billion <br>
3 trees per person/year <br>
-Problem with this method is that trees needed to be planted in such countries as Brasil, Russia, USA, etc. so how we imagine each person in the world will go there and plant? :)
 
 
Second method:
Cost to cancel out deforestation: $14 billion/year <br>
Where can the money come from??<br>
Source 1:<br>
Adult Entertainment: Worldwide Industry size: $97 Billion (2006, Internet Filter Review)<br>
China: 28% ($27B). South Korea: 27% ($26B), Japan: 21% ($20B), USA: 14% ($13.6B)<br>
Current USA rate of porn tax is 18.75 to 25%<br>
Usa at 13.5B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $675 million <br>
Japan at $20B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $1 billion<br>
$34 billion leads to '''$1.7 billion/year''' for Japan and US at 5%<br>
 
Source 2: <br>
Decriminalise Marijuana: Source: Column Five Media via the heralddaily Oct, 2009 (ALL USA STATS)<br>
Black market revenue of marijuana alone is estimated at $141.8 billion (approx 50% of all illegal drug revenue) (source: havocscope, a database of black-markets)...reference: cocaine is $70 billion <br>
1 person is arrested for marijuana every 38 seconds<br>
49.8% of all drug related arrests are for marijuana<br>
In 2007-2008, over 1.7M arrests made for marijuana<br>
Cost to incarcerate for 1 year: $23,876 (2009 DOJ)<br>
Tax-payers dollars spend to prosecute marijuana offenders: '''$12 billion/year''' <br>
$12 billion includes: The societal costs of propagandizing against marijuana and marijuana law reform, funding anti-marijuana research, interdicting marijuana, eradicating domestically grown marijuana and industrial hemp, law enforcement, prosecuting and incarcerating marijuana smokers<br>
Legalising and adding tax is another option which can add approx. '''$2.2 and $6.4 billion/year''' (USA alone) (source: The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition )<br>
 
 
Summary:
Total cost to offset deforestation: '''$14 billion/year'''<br>
Total revenue from taxing the adult entertainment industry in US/Japan @5%: '''$1.7 billion/year'''<br>
Total revenue from decriminalising marijuana in USA: '''$12 billion/year'''<br>
Total revenue from taxing marijuana in USA: '''$2.2-6.4 billion/year'''<br>
Total revenue generated: '''$13.7/year - $20.1/year'''<br>


== Research Questions ==
== Research Questions ==

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