RNR 1001 : RNR Test One Parital Notes
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We need to have the power to change it: cbd (convention on biological diversity)- Binding treaty signed by 193 nations in 1992: typically associated with the productivity of resources, but should also focus on maintaining function. Ex: you have to know how many fish are being born into the oceans every year so you know how many you can take out without replenishing the resource completely. Sustainability has declined with technologies increasing: overall increase in ecological footprint the path of resources used in the making of a final product. Disturbed harmonies tend to change nature: john muir (1839-1914), founder of the sierra club in 1892, wrote about environmental destruction from development in. 1940s: she introduced many concepts, environmental contamination- Pesticides, especially ddt, last for a very long time: human tissue loading- History of natural resource conservation: conservation in the us, many papers and books written about the environment in. Everything must go somewhere, there is no waste in nature.
