These two situations have arisen: Agricultural technologies become available that if used reduce adverse effects fromfarming on environmental quality   Water from a uranium mine is leaking into Kakadu NationalPark   For each case you are to identify possible external effects that might occur and explain the conditions that would need to exist, and what the government or the affected parties could do, to change these negative situations for the betterment of one or both parties?

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These two situations have arisen:

  1. Agricultural technologies become available that if used reduce adverse effects fromfarming on environmental quality

 

  1. Water from a uranium mine is leaking into Kakadu NationalPark

 

For each case you are to identify possible external effects that might occur and explain the conditions that would need to exist, and what the government or the affected parties could do, to change these negative situations for the betterment of one or both parties?

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