NRES 456 Midterm Questions And Answers 100% Verified 2024.
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NRES 456 Midterm Questions And Answers 100% Verified 2024.
Traditional management (5) - correct answer. - emphasis on commodities and natural resource extraction
- predictability and control
- equilibrium perspective: stability, climax communities
- site specific
- sol...
- solutions developed by resource management agencies
Ecosystem Management - correct answer. - emphasis on balance between
commodities and ecological integrity
- Shifting mosaics
- dynamics and resiliency
- embracing uncertainty and flexibility
- solutions developed through discussions among all stakeholders
Command and control assumptions - correct answer. - problem is well bounded
- problem clearly defined
, - problem is simple
- problem is without unforseen consequences
when is command and control appropriate (industry and in terms of NRES) - correct
answer. - industry: building a bridge, landing a plane
- NRES: prescription fires, removal of invasive species
When is command and control NOT appropriate in ecosystem management (2) -
correct answer. - Mississippi river drainage (tiled and channeled land to flush water out
asap)
- Fire suppression
Why does command and control fail - correct answer. - not planning for variability
- only one stakeholder is in charge so there are minimal perspectives
Pathology of Natural Resource Management (PNRM) - correct answer. When an
ecosystems natural variation is controlled and the system loses resilience when faced
with new stressors
3 parts to PNRM - correct answer. 1. human imposed external constraint (hydrological
modification)
2. institutionalized changes to focus on control (focus on flood control, not normal river
behavior)
3. Increased economic dependence on control and overcapitalization (industries and
communities built on floodplains)
Adaptive management - correct answer. resource conservation framework that
promotes learning-based decision making in the face of uncertainty
- learning through management
- management adjustments as understanding improves
** goal is to improve managers knowledge about a set of well-defined ecological
objectives **
Active adaptive management - correct answer. - learning for the purpose of reducing
uncertainty
- define competing hypotheses about impacts of management activities
- design experiments to test them
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