ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Iroquois, Sustainable Development, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

• School: UTM
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENV100Y5
• Professor: Barbara Murck

Document Summary

Basic science of human impacts of the environment. Environmental issues and challenges we are facing as a global community. Comprehensive scientific assessment of the world"s ecosystem and their ability to support life and civilization. Over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on earth. Rapid, extensive changes in the past 50 years. Gains in human development/economies but at a cost. Reversing the degradation of ecosystems will require significant changes. I. e this wetland cleans your water, prevents storm surges, etc. Looked at a huge variety of resources and said what the monetary value of each was. Add about 200 000 people each day. Consumption of resources has risen faster than the population. Our individual footprints keep going up and up. People sell off their environmental assets in order to survive.