In what ways has a reliance on export-oriented monoculture and other “economic solutions” to climate change led to a parallel disaster similar to that of the Aral Sea?

Kenya’s Greenbelt Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo2bBzw2m84

2. Refer to the videos and readings in answering the question(s) directed to you. After examining the readings and articles below, answer these prompts as thoughtfully as you can?

~ In what ways has a reliance on export-oriented monoculture and other “economic solutions” to climate change led to a parallel disaster similar to that of the Aral Sea?
~How is agroecology (remember your third assignment!) an example of an unorthodox economic solution that is almost the opposite of the neoliberal (laissez-faire and returns to exports as the generator of the economy) approaches?

In what ways has a reliance on export-oriented monoculture and other “economic solutions” to climate change led to a parallel disaster similar to that of the Aral Sea?
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