REN R464 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Biodiversity Strategy, Precautionary Principle, Committee On The Status Of Endangered Wildlife In Canada
14 Sep 2016
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From last lecture: biodiversity estimated at trillion dollars. Annual losses as a result of deforestation and forest degradation equate to between trillion and . 5 trillion. Economic value of insect pollinators is estimated at billion. Economic damage done by the top 3000 listed global companies to the biosphere is . 2 trillion annually. They provide the framework and context for conservation: ex. You have to have a recovery plan framework. Provides direction for people on the ground. No laws = no protection (provides the federal legal backing for endangered species conservation: a regular person wouldn"t have the motivation to protect a species on their land if there were no laws. No protection = no mover for conservation. This is why you need agreements so that it doesn"t happen where ab protects a species but sk doesn"t. Uncertainty is a certaintyand yet we still need to make management and policy decisions.
