This course is prepared for Students/Professionals deepening their studies in the Sutainable Development, Environmental Management & Corporate Social Responsibility fields at the National School of Applied Sciences in Safi/Morocco.
Today, June 5th, is celebrated the World Environment Day, instituted since 1972 during the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, in Stockholm. This date, which was chosen to coincide with the holding of this conference, has as its main objective to draw the attention of all spheres of the world population to environmental problems and the importance of preserving natural resources, which until then were considered by many, inexhaustible. This Conference, which became known as the Stockholm Conference, initiated a change in the way of seeing and dealing with environmental issues around the world, in addition to establishing principles to guide environmental policy across the planet. Despite the great advance represented by the Stockholm Conference, this date cannot be commemorated due to the degradation of the environment across the planet and the threat of climate change that may occur until the middle of the 21st century and put itself at risk survival of humanity.
Today, June 5th, is celebrated the World Environment Day, instituted since 1972 during the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, in Stockholm. This date, which was chosen to coincide with the holding of this conference, has as its main objective to draw the attention of all spheres of the world population to environmental problems and the importance of preserving natural resources, which until then were considered by many, inexhaustible. This Conference, which became known as the Stockholm Conference, initiated a change in the way of seeing and dealing with environmental issues around the world, in addition to establishing principles to guide environmental policy across the planet. Despite the great advance represented by the Stockholm Conference, this date cannot be commemorated due to the degradation of the environment across the planet and the threat of climate change that may occur until the middle of the 21st century and put itself at risk survival of humanity.
Equitable use of resources for sustainable development, STANDARD OF LIVING AND QUALITIES OF LIFE, MAIN FEATURES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, THE SUSTAINABILITY MODEL, HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE
A Tradução na Era da Economia Verde
Marsel de Souza
Mesclando uma perspectiva histórica a uma perspectiva linguística, esta palestra abordará o surgimento e a evolução do conceito de Desenvolvimento Sustentável até chegar à recentíssima noção de “Economia Verde”, ressaltando a crescente indissociabilidade entre as dimensões ambiental, econômica e social, que são consideradas os três pilares da sustentabilidade. A apresentação fará, também, uma importante distinção entre as noções de “Economia Verde” e “Nova Economia”. Será discutida a problemática da “maquiagem verde” e o que isso representa para o nosso ofício. A palestra tem os seguintes objetivos: examinar vários conceitos da área de meio ambiente e sustentabilidade (alguns dos quais recém-criados), inclusive fazendo uma análise contrastiva de algumas definições de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e de Economia Verde; identificar o potencial de demanda dos mercados de tradução e interpretação que a temática do meio ambiente/sustentabilidade vem gerando no país, sobretudo considerando a posição de liderança e destaque do Brasil em diversas frentes nesse domínio; examinar a interconexão entre os aspectos ambientais, econômicos e sociais dos temas. Nesse contexto de multidisciplinaridade e tendo em vista a crescente importância desses conceitos em escala mundial, a palestra terá, também, o objetivo de responder às seguintes perguntas: Que passos deve dar o tradutor ou intérprete que deseje se especializar em áreas de meio ambiente/sustentabilidade? O que os linguistas especializados em outras áreas precisam saber sobre essas questões? O palestrante oferecerá uma rica lista de fontes de pesquisa terminológica na Internet das áreas citadas, inclusive glossários e tratados internacionais multilíngues.
The EF compares human demand on nature with nature’s regenerative capacity.
It is a measure of the demands and the consumption of natural resources by people.
The sizes of ecological footprint vary from country to country and from person to person.
Dear Reader,
NewsLeTERRE brings to you another cool breeze of freshness in this vexing summer. This time, the coolth comes to from:
1. Chairman's message: "Giving back- this time to our soil"
2. Celebration of most important day to us: "TERRE team celebrated THE WORLD EARTH DAY"
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Equitable use of resources for sustainable development, STANDARD OF LIVING AND QUALITIES OF LIFE, MAIN FEATURES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, THE SUSTAINABILITY MODEL, HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE
A Tradução na Era da Economia Verde
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Mesclando uma perspectiva histórica a uma perspectiva linguística, esta palestra abordará o surgimento e a evolução do conceito de Desenvolvimento Sustentável até chegar à recentíssima noção de “Economia Verde”, ressaltando a crescente indissociabilidade entre as dimensões ambiental, econômica e social, que são consideradas os três pilares da sustentabilidade. A apresentação fará, também, uma importante distinção entre as noções de “Economia Verde” e “Nova Economia”. Será discutida a problemática da “maquiagem verde” e o que isso representa para o nosso ofício. A palestra tem os seguintes objetivos: examinar vários conceitos da área de meio ambiente e sustentabilidade (alguns dos quais recém-criados), inclusive fazendo uma análise contrastiva de algumas definições de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e de Economia Verde; identificar o potencial de demanda dos mercados de tradução e interpretação que a temática do meio ambiente/sustentabilidade vem gerando no país, sobretudo considerando a posição de liderança e destaque do Brasil em diversas frentes nesse domínio; examinar a interconexão entre os aspectos ambientais, econômicos e sociais dos temas. Nesse contexto de multidisciplinaridade e tendo em vista a crescente importância desses conceitos em escala mundial, a palestra terá, também, o objetivo de responder às seguintes perguntas: Que passos deve dar o tradutor ou intérprete que deseje se especializar em áreas de meio ambiente/sustentabilidade? O que os linguistas especializados em outras áreas precisam saber sobre essas questões? O palestrante oferecerá uma rica lista de fontes de pesquisa terminológica na Internet das áreas citadas, inclusive glossários e tratados internacionais multilíngues.
The EF compares human demand on nature with nature’s regenerative capacity.
It is a measure of the demands and the consumption of natural resources by people.
The sizes of ecological footprint vary from country to country and from person to person.
Dear Reader,
NewsLeTERRE brings to you another cool breeze of freshness in this vexing summer. This time, the coolth comes to from:
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5. 45 cities in 45 days: "The Earth Day Network"
6. Launch of e-journal on Climate and Sustainable energy.
7. Building on success of the Montreal Protocol -TERRE and IGSD at Bangkok's UNO office.
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TOO4TO Module 5 / Sustainable Resource Management: Part 1TOO4TO
This presentation is part of the Sustainable Management: Tools for Tomorrow (TOO4TO) learning materials. It covers the following topic: Sustainable Resource Management (Module 5). The material consists of 3 parts. This presentation covers Part 1.
You can find all TOO4TO Modules and their presentations here: https://too4to.eu/e-learning-course/
TOO4TO was a 35-month EU-funded Erasmus+ project, running until August 2023 in co-operation with European strategic partner institutions of the Gdańsk University of Technology (Poland), the Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland) and Global Impact Grid (Germany).
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Read more about the project here: https://too4to.eu/
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. Its whole content reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. PROJECT NUMBER 2020-1-PL01-KA203-082076
Public participation Networks - Well Being presentationLaoisLeaf
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Gain a comprehensive understanding of the structure, functions, and dynamics of ecosystems through visually stunning illustrations, compelling case studies, and scientific insights. Discover how diverse ecosystems, ranging from forests and wetlands to coral reefs and grasslands, function as complex systems that support biodiversity, regulate climate, and provide essential ecosystem services.
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2. Trophic Relationships: Uncover the flow of energy and nutrients through food chains and webs, and the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers.
3. Ecological Succession: Understand the processes of ecosystem development and the dynamic changes that occur over time.
4. Human Impact: Examine the profound influence of human activities on ecosystems, including habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change.
By engaging with this presentation, you will deepen your appreciation for the interconnectedness of life and the fragility of ecosystems. Gain insights into the significance of conservation efforts and sustainable practices for preserving the rich tapestry of our planet's ecosystems.
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Course v on ecosystems by redouane boulguid master mqhse national school of applied sciences safi morocco school year 2015 2016
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Sustainable
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Course V: EcosystemsCourse V: Ecosystems
Master (MQHSE):Master (MQHSE):
"Management Qualité, Hygiène, Sécurité"Management Qualité, Hygiène, Sécurité
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-Redouane BoulguidRedouane Boulguid
-National School of Applied SciencesNational School of Applied Sciences
- School Year 2015/2016School Year 2015/2016
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SustainableDevelopmentSustainableDevelopment
Lecture Topics include:Lecture Topics include:
• Natural Capital.Natural Capital.
•The Nature ofThe Nature of
Environmental Science.Environmental Science.
•Natural Resources &Natural Resources &
their importance.their importance.
•Managing theManaging the
Commons.Commons.
•The concept ofThe concept of
Ecosystem.Ecosystem.
3. • Understanding deeply
ecosystems’ structures
and functionning for a
better Environmental
Management &
Sustainable Human
Development.
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4. Ecosystem
• In Biosphere, scientists tried to
create a microcosm of the earth
that would help us understand
how to live more sustainably.
• What they learned was that
nature is so complex that
predicting and controlling what
will happen in the environment is
essentially impossible.
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5. Ecosystem
• As we explore different paths
to sustainability we must first
understand that our lives and
societies depend on natural
capital and that one of the
biggest threats to our ways of
life is our active role in
natural capital degradation.
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6. Ecosystem
• Natural Capital meaning
Natural resources and
natural services that keep
us and other species alive
and support our
economies (natural
resources, natural
services, Ecosystem
Services…).
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7. Ecosystem
• Natural Capital is the sum total of
the world’s natural resources,
provided by the earth’s
ecosystems; the natural stock of
the world.
• These natural assets include the
soil, forests, water and
biodiversity that are within these
ecosystems and are vital to all
human and economic activity.
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8. Ecosystem
• One of the main drivers of both
carbon pollution and the loss of
Natural Capital is deforestation.
• Forests, in their purest form, are
carbon pools, absorbing carbon
from the atmosphere, and are
fundamental to maintaining a
natural balance; they are also
essential to the development and
sustainability of biodiversity and
Natural Capital.
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9. Ecosystem
•For instance,
“25% of Western
pharmaceuticals
are derived from
rainforest
ingredients”.
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10. Ecosystem
• The destruction of natural
forests not only accounts for
approximately 18% of global
greenhouse gas emissions,
higher than the entire global
transportation sector, but also
results in the forests no longer
existing to fulfill their role of
absorbing dangerous carbon
from the atmosphere.
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11. Ecosystem
• Again, the destruction of
rainforests similarly has
a devastating effect on
the ecosystems within
them, resulting in
important plant and
animal life ceasing to
exist. (Biodiversity Loss)
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12. Ecosystem
• As Sustainability is the
ability of the earth’s
various natural systems
and human cultural
systems and economies
to survive and adapt to
changing environmental
conditions indefinitely…
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13. Ecosystem
• …A critical component
of sustainability is
natural capital—the
natural resources and
natural services that
keep us and other forms
of life alive and support
our economies.
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15. Ecosystem
• Natural resources are
materials and energy in
nature that are essential or
useful to humans.
• These resources are often
classified as renewable
(such as air, water, soil,
plants, and wind) or
nonrenewable (such as
copper, oil, and coal).
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16. Ecosystem
• Natural services are
functions of nature, such
as purification of air and
water, which support life
and human economies.
• Ecosystems provide us
with these essential
services at no cost.
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17. Ecosystem
• One vital natural service
is nutrient cycling, the
circulation of chemicals
necessary for life, from
the environment (mostly
from soil and water)
through organisms and
back to the environment
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18. Ecosystem
• For example, topsoil, the
upper layer of the earth’s
crust, provides the nutrients
that support the plants,
animals, and microorganisms
that live on land; when they
die and decay, they resupply
the soil with these nutrients.
Without this service, life as
we know it could not exist.
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19. Ecosystem
• Natural capital is supported
by Solar capital: energy from
the sun.
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20. Ecosystem
• Take away Solar energy, and
all natural capital would
collapse.
• Solar energy warms the
planet and supports
photosynthesis - a complex
chemical process that plants
use to provide food for
themselves and for us and
most other animals.
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21. Ecosystem
• This direct input of solar
energy also produces
indirect forms of
renewable solar energy
such as wind, flowing
water, and biofuels made
from plants and plant
residues.
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22. Ecosystem
• Thus, our lives and
economies depend on
energy from the sun
(solar capital) and
natural resources and
natural services (natural
capital) provided by the
Earth.
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24. Ecosystem
• A second component of
Sustainability is to
recognize that many
human activities can
degrade natural capital
by using normally
renewable resources
faster than nature can
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25. Ecosystem
• For example, in parts
of the world, we are
clearing mature
forests much faster
than nature can
replenish them.
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26. Ecosystem
•We are also
harvesting many
species of ocean
fish faster than they
can replenish
themselves.
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27. Ecosystem
• This leads us to a third
component of
sustainability.
• Environmental scientists
search for solutions to
problems such as the
degradation of natural
capital.
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28. Ecosystem
• However, their work is
limited to finding the
scientific solutions,
while the political
solutions are left to
political processes.
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29. Ecosystem
• For example, scientific
solutions might be to stop
chopping down
biologically diverse,
mature forests, and to
harvest fish no faster than
they can replenish/restock
themselves.
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30. Ecosystem
• But implementing
such solutions could
require government
laws and regulations
(Environmental
Legislation/Governance).
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31. Ecosystem
• Any shift toward
environmental
sustainability should be
based on scientific
concepts and results
that are widely accepted
by experts in a particular
field.
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32. Ecosystem
• In making such a shift,
individuals matter.
• Some people are good at
thinking of new ideas
and inventing innovative
technologies or
solutions.
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33. Ecosystem
• Others are good at
putting political
pressure on government
officials and business
leaders, acting either
alone or in groups to
implement those
solutions.
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34. Ecosystem
• In any case, a shift
toward sustainability
for a society
ultimately depends on
the actions of
individuals within that
society.
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35. Ecosystem
• The ultimate goal is an
environmentally sustainable
society - one that meets the
current and future basic
resource needs of its people
in a just and equitable
manner without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their basic needs.
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36. Ecosystem
• Regrettably, the bad news
is that, according to a
growing body of scientific
evidence, we are living
unsustainably by wasting,
depleting, and degrading
the earth’s natural capital
at an exponentially
accelerating rate.
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37. Ecosystem
• From a human standpoint, a
resource is anything obtained
from the environment to meet
our needs and wants.
• Conservation is the
management of natural
resources with the goal of
minimizing resource waste
and sustaining resource
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38. Ecosystem
• Solar energy is called a
perpetual resource
because it is renewed
continuously and is
expected to last at least
6 billion years as the
sun completes its life
cycle.
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39. Ecosystem
• On a human time scale, a
renewable resource can
be replenished fairly
quickly (from hours to
hundreds of years)
through natural processes
as long as it is not used
up faster than it is
renewed.
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41. Ecosystem
• Some resources, such
as solar energy, fresh
air, wind, fresh surface
water, fertile soil, and
wild edible plants, are
directly available for use.
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42. Ecosystem
• Other resources such
as petroleum, iron,
water found
underground, and
cultivated crops, are
not directly available.
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43. Ecosystem
• The highest rate at
which a renewable
resource can be used
indefinitely without
reducing its available
supply is called its
sustainable yield.
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44. Ecosystem
• When we exceed a
renewable resource’s
natural replacement
rate, the available
supply begins to shrink,
a process known as
environmental
degradation.
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45. Ecosystem
• There are three types of
property or resource
rights.
• One is private property
where individuals or
firms own the rights to
land, minerals, or other
resources.
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46. Ecosystem
• Another is common property
where the rights to certain
resources are held by large
groups of individuals. For
example, roughly one-third of
the land in the United States
is owned jointly by all U.S.
citizens and held and
managed for them by the
government.
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47. Ecosystem
• Another example is land
that belongs to a whole
village and can be used
by anyone for activities
such as grazing cows
or sheep.
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48. Ecosystem
• A third category consists of
open access renewable
resources, owned by no one
and available for use by
anyone at little or no charge.
Examples of such shared
renewable resources include
clean air, underground water
supplies, and the open ocean
and its fish.
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49. Ecosystem
• Many common property
and open access
renewable resources have
been degraded. In 1968,
biologist Garrett Hardin
(1915–2003) called such
degradation the Tragedy
of the Commons.
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50. Ecosystem
• It occurs because each
user of a shared common
resource or open-access
resource reasons, “If I do
not use this resource,
someone else will. The
little bit that I use or
pollute is not enough to
matter, and anyway, it’s a
renewable resource.”
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51. Ecosystem
• Nonrenewable resources
exist in a fixed quantity, or
stock, in the earth’s crust.
• On a time scale of millions
to billions of years,
geological processes can
renew such resources.
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52. Ecosystem
• But on the much shorter
human time scale of
hundreds to thousands
of years, these
resources can be
depleted much faster
than they are formed.
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53. Ecosystem
• Such exhaustible
resources include energy
resources (such as coal
and oil), metallic mineral
resources (such as copper
and aluminum), and
nonmetallic mineral
resources (such as salt
and sand).
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54. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• What is an environmentally
sustainable society?
• How can environmentally
sustainable societies grow
economically?
• How are our ecological
footprints affecting the
earth?
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55. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• What is pollution, and
what can we do about it?
• Why do we have
environmental problems?
• What are ‘four’ scientific
principles of
sustainability?
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56. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• Our lives and economies
depend on energy from the
sun ( solar capital ) and on
natural resources and
natural services ( natural
capital ) provided by the
earth.
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57. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• Living sustainably means
living off the earth’s
natural income without
depleting or degrading the
natural capital that
supplies it.
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58. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• Societies can become more
environmentally sustainable
through economic
development dedicated to
improving the quality of life
for everyone without
degrading the earth’s life
support systems.
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59. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• As our ecological footprints
grow, we are depleting and
degrading more of the
earth’s natural capital.
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60. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• Preventing pollution is more
effective and less costly
than cleaning up pollution.
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61. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• Major causes of environmental
problems are population
growth, wasteful and
unsustainable resource use,
poverty, exclusion of
environmental costs of
resource use from the market
prices of goods and services,
and attempts to manage nature
with insufficient knowledge.
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62. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• People with different
environmental worldviews
often disagree about the
seriousness of environmental
problems and what we should
do about them.
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63. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• Nature has sustained itself for
billions of years by using solar
energy, biodiversity, population
control, and nutrient cycling—
lessons from nature that we
can apply to our lifestyles and
economies.
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64. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
• Reliance on Solar Energy.
• Biodiversity.
• Nutrient Cycling.
• Population Control.
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65. Ecosystem
Key Questions and Concepts
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Reliance on
Solar Energy
Biodiversity
Nutrient Recycling Population Control
66. Ecosystem
• The Environment is
everything around us.
• It includes all of the living and
the nonliving things with
which we interact.
• It includes a complex web of
relationships that connect us
with one another and with the
world we live in.
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67. Ecosystem
• Despite our many scientific
and technological advances,
we are utterly dependent on
the environment for air, water,
food, shelter, energy, and
everything else we need to
stay alive and healthy. As a
result, we are part of, and not
apart from, the rest of nature.
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68. Ecosystem
• Environmental Science,
an interdisciplinary
study of how humans
interact with the
environment of living
and nonliving things.
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69. Ecosystem
• Environmental science
is the study of how the
natural world works,
how our environment
affects us, and how we
affect our environment.
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70. Ecosystem
• Environmental science
is an interdisciplinary
study of connections
between the earth’s life
support system and
human activities.
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Political Science
Anthropology
Archaeology
Atmospheric
Science
Oceanography
History
Sociology
Enginneering Chemistry
Economics
72. Ecosystem
• The goals of
Environmental Science are
to learn how nature works,
how the environment
affects us, how we affect
the environment, and how
to deal with environmental
problems and live more
sustainably.
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73. Ecosystem
• A key subfield of
Environmental Science is
ECOLOGY, the biological
science that studies how
organisms, or living
things, interact with their
environment and with each
other.
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74. Ecosystem
• Every organism is a member
of a certain species: a group
of organisms with distinctive
traits and, for sexually
reproducing organisms, can
mate and produce fertile
offspring.
• For example, all humans are
members of a species that
biologists have named Homo
sapiens sapiens.
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75. Ecosystem
•A major focus of
Ecology is the study
of Ecosystems.
•So What is then an
Ecosystem?
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76. Ecosystem
• An Ecosystem is a set of
organisms interacting
with one another and
with their environment
of nonliving matter and
energy within a defined
area or volume.
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77. Ecosystem
• We should not confuse
Environmental science and
Ecology with Environmentalism,
a social movement dedicated to
protecting the earth’s life-
support systems for us and all
other forms of life.
• Environmentalism is practiced
more in the political and ethical
arenas than in the realm of
science.
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82. Numerical References and Others
• G. Tyler Miller Jr. and Scott E. Spoolman, Living in The Environment,
Concepts, Connections, and Solutions, Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning
SIXTEENTH EDITION, Belmont, California, United States of
America 2009, 2007 (Plus older Edition).
• http://naturalcapitalwealth.com/home/natural-capital
• Thomson Higher Education (2007).
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