GEOG 1220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stumpage, Externality, Small Hydro
6 Dec 2012
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*note: slides 32-44 present examples of key ideas and trends for the purposes of course overview. It is not advisable for them to be taken as your main study guide. State institutions determine laws and regulate human behaviour (often trying to reduce impact) Economic relationships and market demands are powerful drivers of activities from production through to consumption. Culture is a force that affects what individuals think of as normal, how different societies value nature, and, what and how much we desire to consume. Timber tenures in bc- avoid over harvest- they allocate. Rules and regulation commonly stipulated in tenure agreements: Volume and/or area that can be harvested over a period of time. Don"t memorize numbers just know trends in consumption of water. Canadian fisheres value: docks have been declining and prices of fish have been increasing. Currently there is no un agreement in place to oversee conservation in abnjs.
