For this assignment I went to search for a news story and found and article about an indigenous tribe in Guyana. This tribe, Wai Wai, decided to ban any miners or loggers from its section of the Amazon jungle. The reasoning behind this is ecotourism, research, and traditional crafts and lifestyles. This area is unique for its jaguars, blue poison frogs, and scarlet macaws. The United States is also financially supporting this effort.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299597,00.html?sPage=fnc/world/americas

This Cartogram shows the prevalency of Diabetes in the world. I particularly chose this cartogram because I am a diabetic. I have had type 1 diabetes since I was 8. This cartogram is based upon population. The highest concentration of diabetes is in North America and a large reason for this is because we are a society not focused on healthy eating habits. Type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity and it is understandable that the United States would be one of the leading countries having diabetes, because we are one of the leading countries of obesity.

The two countries I decided to use for this blog are Mali and Switzerland. As you can see these charts are very different. Mali is often considered one of the poorest nations in the world. Its economy centers around fishing and agriculture. The average anual salary is $1,500. Also another reason Mali is considered an LCD is because it has a very poor life expectancy rate. Mali's median age is 15.9. All of these characteristics are very damaging for its people, but combined it is devastating for the country. There is a ray of hope, however, Mali is taking drastic strides to help its economy and its people and seems to be having a good deal of success at improving the country.


Switzerland is considered an MCD. In contrast to Mali, Switzerland is considered on of the wealthiest countries in the world. Switzerland's average anual salary is $81,000 and has a very stable economy.
These two countries have very many differences, so naturally their population will be as well. Mali is definitely on the drastic incline, where Switzerland is dropping quickly.