EARTHSC 2EI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Keystone Pipeline, The Wildlife Society, Kyoto Protocol
13 Dec 2016
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Lecture 5: environmental planning and management sept 26, 2016. Characteristics of the trends in environmental policy since the 1990s. How should a solution to environmental issues be articulated. Issues with e-waste: trends since the early 1990s. Preoccupation with debt reduction: canadian wildlife society funding cut, no longer able to accomplish effective field work, e. g. federal water management cut by 35% Download of responsibilities to other levels: passing on the responsibilities to provincial and local governments, but not contributing to the funding necessary, little monitoring of these services to make sure they are done properly. Backing away from commitments to environmental issues. Canada has yet to sign the paris agreement: emphasis on economic growth as a reasoning, debate over northern gateway pipeline, vision of a solution. Realistic, credible, and attractive future for a region or a group: as many stakeholders as possible. Beautiful landscapes (e. g. escarpment, waterfalls), but subject to urban decay (e. g.
