EVS
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- Ecosystem
- a group of interacting species along with their physical environment
- Environmental Science
- an interdisciplinary area of study that inclues both applied and theoretical aspects of human impact on world
- Environment
- everything that affects an organism during its lifetime
- Sustainable Development
- using renewable resources in harmony with ecological systems to produce a rise in real income per person
- Wilderness
- designation of land use for the exclusive protection of the area's natural wildlife
- Ecosystem approach to environmental science
- a look at the way the natural world is organized; a scientist's task is to recognize and understand natural interactions that take place & integrate with uses humans make
- Biotic
- living: ie- tree, human
- Abiotic
- non-living: ie-rock
- Significance of Earth Summit
- first worldwide meeting of heads of state concerning the environment
- Outcome of Earth Summit
- nations involved signed agreements on sustainable development and biodiversity
- Aim of Kyoto Protocol
- 3rd conference; all nations would try to help save environment
- UN efforts toward EVS education
- through United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization encouraged IEEP (International Environmental Education Programme) both in school and media
- Wilderness North
- Alaska and Canada, mostly govt. owned, value in natural resources, sensitive to disturbance
- Agricultural Middle
- Midwest, privately owned, value in rich soil, farming, fertilizers, pollution
- Dry West
- southwestern US, govt. owned, poverty stricken, livestock grazing, mining, drought, severe lack of water
- Forested West
- northwestern US, govt/commercially owned, value in forests, lumber, removal of forests kicking out animals and minimizing air
- Great Lakes/Industrial NE
- Great Lakes and metropolitans, value in industry, urban cities, pollution, water contamination
- Diverse South
- southeaster US, poverty stricken- industry, urbanization, pollution, flooding, hurricanes
- How ecosystems defy public borders
- Wilderness North is in parts of Alaska, Canada and the northwestern part of the US