GEO 702 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Marine Protected Area, Experimental Lakes Area, Geomorphology
9 Dec 2016
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Lecture: 15 worth of preservation date: november 16th, 2016. If systems are to be exploited and since they change by themselves why bother with worrying about their preservation. Recent argument re: introduction of new species preservation: aesthetical value. Areas selected as first parks beauty. Galapagos: ethics should we threaten other species. The ethical property of heritage preservation that we do not have the right to threaten other species. Note the first two reasons are not based on self-interest. The argument is one of idealism: template for models of working systems. Opportunity to create models of how ecosystems should operate. Protection allows for years of analysis of a system that is only fluctuating naturally. Various sciences (hydrology, biology, geomorphology, etc) can be brought into the analysis. Once understanding is reached the system can be selectively modified, if necessary. The experimental lakes area (ela) was an internationally unique research station encompassing 58 formally pristine freshwater lakes in kenora, ontario.
