ENSC 310 Lecture 7: ENSC 310 Week 4 Lecture and textbook notes
16 Dec 2016
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Lacking scientific precision in definition but still important to regulate/enforce! Env issues typically are cross-boundary/cross-jurisdictional lend itself to precise codification. Varies by place as to how much of a. Reading 6 benidickson 2013 chapter 1 basic concepts in environmental law. Scope of env protection limited by interpretation of (cid:494)environment(cid:495) in legal settings. Social importance of env protection is obvious, but the nature of the environment doesn(cid:495)t. In saskatchewan, pollution includes aesthetic damage; elsewhere it doesn(cid:495)t. Conservation formerly maintaining resource stocks & capacity; avoid resource depletion. Varies again by province(cid:495)s definition: avoid (cid:494)(cid:494)must redefine our work [for protecting and restoring nature] to systems [ ] and cycles(cid:495)(cid:495) One of the goals stated in economy, protecting canadians(cid:495) health, protect ecosystems, meet international (cid:494)meet today(cid:495)s needs without hindering ability of future generation to meet theirs(cid:495: ecosystem living and non-living environment interacting as a functional unit; statutes. Northwest territories(cid:495) env rights act focuses on sustaining.
