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What is the definition of environment?
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The conditions or influences under which any person or organism lives or develops.
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What is the definition of manage?
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To control, handel or direct.
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What is the definition of natural resource?
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Physical or biological material that humans put a value on.
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What is the definition of resource?
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Something that meet the perceived needs or wants of humans.
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What is the definition of environmental and resource management?
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Decisions and actions made through policy and practice regarding how resources and the environment are appraised, protected, allocated, developed, used and rehabilitated.
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What do preservationist do? Name one famous person.
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-Created National Parks.-They preserved and reserved the parks
-George P Marsh |
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What do conservationist do? Name one famous person.
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-Maintain the wildlife and resources for human use.
-Aldo Leopold |
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What do modern environmentalism do? Name one famous person.
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-Public awareness and pollution control
-Paul Ehrlich-Rachel Carson |
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There are many radical veins of environmental movement that occur after the 1970s. List 3 of them.
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-Deep ecology: Related to environmental ethics - all organisms have the right to live and thrive, not only the humans have the right to the environment-Eco-feminism: Males-humans and Females-environemnt; humans act dominant and control the environment-Environmental justice: wealthier communities have better environmental amenities
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What are cassandras?
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-Environmentalist predicting gloom and doom. -Pessimistic
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What are pollyanna?
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-The future is bright-Resources never really scare; environmentalist either over simplify or are not accurate-Ignoring cassandra warnings-Optimistic
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What are the 4 challenges of environment and resource management? (E&R.M stands for Environment and Resource Management)
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Challenge 1: Who is involved in E&R.M Challenge 2:Challenge 3: Inherent characteristics of E&R.M Challenge 4: Best practices of E&R.M
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What is the 1st challenge of environment and resource management. Briefly describe.
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Who is involved in E&R.M?-Federal, provincial, and municipal government-Aboriginal people -Growing set of rights, but great uncertainty-Civil Society -Conservationist and Environmentalist -Technologists (involved in new technologies) -Promoters (people promoting policies)
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What is the 2nd challenge of environment and resource management. Briefly describe.
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Umm....
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What is the 3rd challenge of environment and resource management. Briefly describe. (Hint: 4Cs)
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Inherent Characteristics of E&R.M -Conflict: -Cognitive, values, interests,behaviour-Complexity: -Cause and effect difficult to determine, multiple variables and multiple pathways-Uncertainty: -Risk, ignorance, indeterminacy-Change: -Expectations, conditions, needs
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