ENV 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6+ : Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystem Services, Multivariate Interpolation
19 Apr 2017
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A movement to preserve the health of each and its ecosystems (science but also values and spirituality. A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world -and by extension humans- from undesirable changes brought about by human choices. Stewardship: calls for responsible planning and management of resources. Environmentalism: refers to all forms of collective behaviour that aim to correct destructive forms of relationship between human action and its natural environment. Ecology: can be understood as a set of beliefs, theories, and projects that consider humankind as a component of a broader ecosystem and wish to maintain the system"s balance in an evolutionary perspective. Ecofeminism: women and nature have historically been dominated by men. Anti-environmentalism: change is inevitable, humans exaggerated sense of importance. Basic principals of environmentalism: ethical ecological stewardship: humans have ethical obligations to nature, which limit wha we do in nature.
