ENVS195 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Mud Volcano, Keystone Species
2 Mar 2016
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Ecological footprint is the land and sea based required to prove your needs, including all energy and material requirements. Canadian average was 7. 25 hectares per capita (third highest in work rankings) On a global scale, only 1. 6 hectares are available for each person and is shrinking every year. Defining environment and resources (p. 5 + 9. 17. 15 ppt. ) Environment consists of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. The biosphere is where humans, other living species, and non-animate phenome exists o. Resources are specific components of the environment, such as forests, wildlife, oceans, rivers and lakes, minerals and petroleum: anthropocentric view o. Value is defined relative to human interests, wants, and needs. Society is the sum of inventions, institutions, and relationships created and reproduced by human beings across particular places and times: nature and society is interrelated. Man is created in the image of god so man is separate from nature. Humans as stewards or caretakers of the environment.
