GEOG 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Ecojustice Canada, Ecofeminism, Ecosystem Services
Document Summary
The concept of distribution equality, or equal treatment for all. Why are some of the problems in this course hard to understand and solve: large measure and complexity of the issues and the scale that they are occurring, no straightforward solutions. Conservation ethic: promoting responsible long-term use of resources. Ecojustice: a form of justice that considers the right of organisms and the natural environment in addition to those of human beings. Ecofeminism: this is the idea that how men treat women is the same as how humans treat the environment. The environment and economy are linked at all geographic scales, however not always measured with the same importance. Ecosystem provides services which resource managers and economists say should be properly valued and protected. 4 fundamental assumptions: resources are infinite and substitutable, long-term effects should be discounted, costs and benefits are internal, growth is good. Ecosystem services: sustains the life that makes our economic activity possible.
