RNR 1001 Lecture : Section 1 Notes
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Natural resource resources derived from natural processes. Conservation- state of harmony between men and land . Land ethic individual responsibility for the health of the land, ecological conscience. Sustainability central focus of renewable resources, rate of resource use does not impair resource quality in future, or quantity. Convention on biological diversity in 1992 resources include ecosystems, species, genetic material. Associated with productivity of resources, also focus with maintaining function. Kind of like if the stock market crashed using more than produced. I. e. blue fin tuna are valued high in japan. I. e. pine trees are managed on plantations ecological function is not the same as a natural forest. The growth in the population has equated in the use of even more natural resources. Use of materials in a way and at a rate that doesn"t lead to long term effects/decline. The path of resources used in the making of a final product.
