GEOG 2EI3 Lecture : MARCLecture 1- January 4th.docx
2 May 2012
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Since the early 1900s: global population has increased 5x. For every person in 1900- there is 5 people taking place of that person: 20x increase in global economy, 30x increase in fossil fuel consumption- rise of automobile in 20th century, 50x increase in industrial production. Resources are slightly different than the environment: resources are more specific than the environment. Ie. trees, fish, minerals and petroleum, wheat, wildlife, oceans, rivers: anthropocentric view: resources are useful for human population. Difficult decision to make for intact ecosystems: ecocentric view: resources have intrinsic value. A point of view that claims that intact ecosystems and resources have an intrinsic value, independent if they are useful to humans or not. Many switch from the ecocentric view to an anthropocentric view. The problem is that people argue about the amounts and how much is useful. Difficult to protect something that does not have a use.
