GEOG 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: George Perkins Marsh, Pope Francis, Habitat
10 Aug 2020
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The relationship between people and nature might be considered dichotomous but perhaps it it not this simple. Biogeographers- concerned with regional scales of diversity- this attention to the macro- environment is increasingly part of institutional responses of global conservation groups. Sixth wave of extinction- current era- first mass extinction attributed to humans. Management of moving targets - ecosystems inevitably change, inevitability to fix environments in space- idea of freezing communities. Most people live in a highly urbanised environment. Some places may be remote e. g. bornea jungle, however forest inhabited for. 1000s of years, villages part of a market economy global tourism. Everything is socially constructed- ethics, values, culture. Nature cannot be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live. Any category, condition of thing that exists or is understood to have certain characteristics because people socially agree it does. Social context- relations between people (place/time) beliefs, economic organisation, governance institution.
