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We have used the the community of Monteverde, Costa Rica as a case study of conservation and development in the tropics. Monteverde is a farming community founded in 1951 by twelve Quaker families from Fairhope, Alabama.
During the first 30 years of its existence the community relied on dairy farming and the harvesting of forest products. What was the economy based on during this first 30 years?
Ecotourism
Direct use value
Amenity value
Indirect use value
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How do GDP (gross domestic product) estimates differ from GPI (genuine progress indicator) estimates for a country?
GDP takes into account the total value of goods and services in a country in addition to an estimate of environmental damage, while GPI only measures the value of goods and services
In almost all cases they are the same
GDP takes into account the total value of goods and services in a country, while GPI measures the value of goods and services in addition to environmental damage
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Recently, 10 states in India have reported arsenic contamination of their groundwater from industry and mining. This is an example of:
Perverse subsidy
The tragedy of the commons
Biomagnification
Direct use value
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Question 222 pts
What is the primary cause of yearly oscillations in carbon dioxide levels first observed by Charles Keeling at Mauna Loa observatory?
Seasonal burning of the Amazon rainforest
Seasonal changes in photosynthesis by plants
Seasonal changes in human fossil fuel emissions
Seasonal changes in the thickness of the ozone layer
Seasonal changes in the axis of the earth
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We have used the community of Monteverde, Costa Rica as a case study of conservation and development in the tropics. Monteverde is a farming community founded in 1951 by twelve Quaker families from Fairhope, Alabama.
Why did the founders originally decide to protect and preserve 1/3 of their initial land purchase?
They wanted to keep the forest to serve as a game reserve, since their economy was heavily dependent on local game
They were philosophically opposed to cutting down forest
They planned to turn the land into a mecca for ecotourism
They wanted to preserve the ecosystem services provided by the mountaintop
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Question 192 pts
We have used the the community of Monteverde, Costa Rica as a case study of conservation and development in the tropics. Monteverde is a farming community founded in 1951 by twelve Quaker families from Fairhope, Alabama.
During the first 30 years of its existence the community relied on dairy farming and the harvesting of forest products. What was the economy based on during this first 30 years?
| Ecotourism |
| Direct use value |
| Amenity value |
| Indirect use value |
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Question 202 pts
How do GDP (gross domestic product) estimates differ from GPI (genuine progress indicator) estimates for a country?
| GDP takes into account the total value of goods and services in a country in addition to an estimate of environmental damage, while GPI only measures the value of goods and services |
| In almost all cases they are the same |
| GDP takes into account the total value of goods and services in a country, while GPI measures the value of goods and services in addition to environmental damage |
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Question 212 pts
Recently, 10 states in India have reported arsenic contamination of their groundwater from industry and mining. This is an example of:
| Perverse subsidy |
| The tragedy of the commons |
| Biomagnification |
| Direct use value |
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Question 222 pts
What is the primary cause of yearly oscillations in carbon dioxide levels first observed by Charles Keeling at Mauna Loa observatory?
| Seasonal burning of the Amazon rainforest |
| Seasonal changes in photosynthesis by plants |
| Seasonal changes in human fossil fuel emissions |
| Seasonal changes in the thickness of the ozone layer |
| Seasonal changes in the axis of the earth |
Flag this Question
Question 232 pts
We have used the community of Monteverde, Costa Rica as a case study of conservation and development in the tropics. Monteverde is a farming community founded in 1951 by twelve Quaker families from Fairhope, Alabama.
Why did the founders originally decide to protect and preserve 1/3 of their initial land purchase?
| They wanted to keep the forest to serve as a game reserve, since their economy was heavily dependent on local game |
| They were philosophically opposed to cutting down forest |
| They planned to turn the land into a mecca for ecotourism |
| They wanted to preserve the ecosystem services provided by the mountaintop |
Will rate when all are answered.
