ENVIR ST 339 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Extractive Reserve (Brazil), Agroforestry, Polyculture
30 Oct 2014
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Biosphere reserve- core: no human activity surrounded by buffer zone. Extractive reserves- prohibit activities besides those conducted by subsistence-oriented production of indigenous. Wilderness myth - nature is pure and pristine so the people who live there must be . Land degradation- decline in productive or biological potential of dryland ecosystem, irreversible in human time scales without significant human effort/investment. Ecosystem services- help maintain the ecosystem; provided by biological organisms of region (direct, indirect, ethical) Trambopata bunch of shareholders that had money to give to people to get to the vote if they vote their way. Poverty banks- store money as alternative to investing in livestock. Agroforestry- mix trees/crops, outsiders once viewed such poly-cultures as lazy/unorganized but realize now it makes sense in tropics, increases biodiversity, sustainability, and health of landscape, increased productivity. The frontier in environmental history- when the brazilian govt tried to put claim on rainforest and put under military control.
