RNR 1001 Chapter : Renewable Natural Resources - Fall 2010
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9/9/2010 5:45:00 am: never going away, we cant impact, very important, ex, wind, geothermal. Activist, so extreme he was kicked out of both: theodore roosevelt, 230 million acres in federal system (parks, This caused increase in smaller animals, which in turn caused decrease in their food. Mesocarnivore release : fragmentation, human habits sectioned off, creates sections of animal habitat, principle of commons, without property rights, resources become degraded, fisheries. Up until 20 years ago no one told people they couldn"t fish b/c there were too many fishermen: water, air. Curve the rate of growth is proportional to the state of growth : population doubling time, 70 divided by annual percent growth rate, each year adding about 77 million people, however consider % of population undernourished, sanitation, etc Population impacts on resource conservation: geographic distribution, where the people are located, urbanization, consistent trend throughout recent history, increasing percentage of people divorced from nature, consequences, energy.
