ENVIRON 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Genuine Progress Indicator, Allopatric Speciation, Millennium Development Goals
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Environ 201 lecture 3 evolution and ecology. People in rich nations have much larger ecological footprints. If everyone in the world consumed as much as people in the us do, we would need 4. 5 earths. Why do the us and canada have such large footprints compared to the rest of the world: always used a lot of resources, other countries have already reached their limits of consumption, less public transportation. Balance between economics and the environment: measure with ecosystem services. Degraded wetlands couldn"t back up levels or lessen hurricane. Completely manmade disaster that cost billion and 2000 lives: gdp vs. gpi. Gdp (gross domestic product): how much we make. Gpi (genuine progress indicator): how happy we are. Movement toward sustainability: projections based on status quo policies. Especially pollution: projection based on policies for sustainability. Clean air act, clean water act: millennium development goals. Evolution generates biodiversity: species: a population or group of populations.
