ENSC 320 Lecture 2: ENSC 320 Lecture 2
22 Aug 2016
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Refers to a general basis for an estimation of worth. Represents judgments of relative worth, merit, usefulness, importance, or degree of goodness. Can be used to justify and explain concrete objectives (such as wildlife conservation) but are different from the objective itself. Systematic organization of values that establish explicit principles for conduct and behaviour. Non-anthropocentric reside in the object (wildlife) itself, either by: Relate to usefulness or to economic value. Often divided into use and non use. Use value: derived from actually using the resource. Nonuse value: derived without actually using the resource. Value of a resources expected future use i. e a herd of caribou: dont want to hunt right now, but will in the future, 2. Value of preserving options given expectation that it may have use in the future i. e don"t want to cut tropical rainforest, because it may have a plant species with medicinal properties yet to discover: 3.
