History of the Environment Questions
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ascribes intrinsic value to both human and nonhuman life (all living things have intristic value); opposition in clearing a forest, even if it would increase food production for people (all animals) (ex. House built around a tree)
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture
formal set of plans and principles intended to solve problems and aid decision making
gave the government the right to manage lands it expropriated from Native Americans (first wave of environmental policy)
judges actions based on their effects on ecological systems, including nonliving elements; The belief is that preserving systems also preserves their components, including life, water quality, etc; nature has intrinsic value (all nature)
Commercial agriculture reduces need of wildlife, but increases need for timber, land, and water.
Physical/Environmental factors that impact where crops are grown
in mid-2008, the fish and wildlife service released a new management plan that would do what?
less than what percent of old growth forests remain?
automation in the timber industry eliminated an estimated how many jobs?
under the northwest forest plan and other acts, what percentage of federal timberlands were reserved to safegaurd watersheds and protect the nothern spotted owl and several hundred other species?
the timber industry in the pacific northwest was not operating how?
from 1977 to 1987, logging in oregon's national forests increased by over what percentage?
under what law was logging suspended in about 1.2 million hectares of forest where the northern spotted owl lives?
why did the timber industry oppose the suspension of logging?
what provided federal aid to retrain some timber workers for other careers?
What is the cost to society of having less pollution, which is offset by benefits to society of activity creating pollution?
In flint, Michigan who noticed that kids were getting skin rashes and so she performed lead tea sting on the children's blood?
What believes that goods and services have value that can be converted to currency?
In the early 2000s, there was a superfund site where a town switched their water supply and didn't properly treat the water so lead seeped into the water through the pipes. What site is this?