[ENV201H5] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (17 pages long!)
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Environmental management- decisions and action made through policy and practise regarding the environment is appraised, protected, allocated, developed, used, and rehabilitated. Actions taken to achieve a desired outcome for the environment. Environmental management is managing humans: there is not an end-point, or desired goal that is universally accepted, most environmental management occurs to meet legal requirements. Preservationists: 1830s: george perkins marsh: man and nature, created national parks, was observed through the natural revolution as factories was going up, noticed we cant build factories and cities everywhere. Conservationists:1830s: aldo leopold: game management, a sand county almanac, manage wildlife and reassures for human use, notices wetlands getting destroyed, these people are interested in creating separate areas for human use. Ex parks for walking: ensuring we can cut down trees today, but still have trees to cut down in 20 years. Modern position: we are often unaware of the extent to environmental impacts, but its not hopeless.
