ESPM 50AC Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Millennium Development Goals, Protestant Work Ethic

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Environmental Science, Policy, And Management
• Course: ESPM 50AC
• Professor: kenworthy

Document Summary

Espm 50ac midterm exam review: unit 1 & ii: millennium ecosystem assessment. Changes in ecosystems have contributed to substantial net gains in human well-being and economic: four main findings. Degradation of ecosystem services will continue to grow significantly worse and is a barrier to. A favorable solution of reversing degradation while meeting demands involves significant changes in: major ecosystem changes & problems. Cropland and livestock production accounts for 25% of earth"s terrestrial surface. 70% of water use is for agriculture. Increased use of synthetic fertilizer -> reactive flow of excess nitrogen and phosphorous. Loss of biodiversity: species extinction rate is 1000x background rate politics, institutions, and practices that are not currently under way . Millennium development goals: racial geography in new orleans, elevation & race. Media had false notion of elevation being related to race: it is not a coincidence that many of those hard-hit, low-lying areas have had poor and predominantly african american residents (nytimes);