Mission 2006 Team 10: Economic and Social

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Team goals:
- investigate and evaluate the economic and social cost/benifit relationship of preserving the Amazon

- investigate and evaluate past development of the region and its social and economic impact
-applying these judgments to the Mission's proposed plan of sustainable development

-to develop strategies to maintain or improve local economic and social stability and counteract possible adjustments inherent to the Mission plan.

-analyze the present economic status as well as possible ramifications of the projects on the region, both on a local scale, and in a global context. examples of pertinent factors may include:

-the effects of limitations on exported goods.
-the effects tourism-related changes.
-the effects of foreign economic intrusion into the region.

-analyze the present social conditions as well as possible ramifications of the projects on Amazonian society. Examples of pertinent factors may include:
-the ethics of restrictive policies that limit the behavior of indigenious populations
-the cultural awareness of the project
-forcasting the response of Amazonian society to the project.

-plan a budget for the project and allocate money to each aspect that requires funds

-research into possible sources of funding for the project

-determine to what extent preservation of the rainforest in its present state and/or controlled development of the region is socially and economically sustainable

-collaborate with other teams at least once every two weeks to help maintain strategies that are economically and socially feasible
- each team member will act as a liasion to at least one other team; we will review and revise all of the other teams' plans to verify social and economic feasibility