Utilitarian conservation - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Chapter 03 Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Sustainability True/False Questions 1. The study of morality and standards of conduct is referred to as ethics. Answer: True Feedback: Ethics is the study of morality and standards of conduct. AACSB: Analytic AACSB: Ethics Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 03-01 EXAMINE ethics in international management and some of the major ethical issues and problems confronting MNCs. Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy Topic: Ethics and Social Re...

George Perkins Marsh correct answer: • Lawyer, philologist and diplomat • Man and Nature 1864 • Deforestation will turn into desertification • Influenced Pinchot John Muir correct answer: • Born in Scotland • Lived in Portage and attended UW-Madison • Sawmill, engineer, and rancher • Geology and glaciers • Sierra Club 1892 • Father of Preservationists -little to no consumptive use Gifford Pinchot correct answer: • 1865-1946 • Attended Yale and...

George Perkins Marsh Correct Answer: Man and Nature Impact of people on the environment -deforestation -overgrazing Influenced Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt & Pinchot Correct Answer: Created US forest service Utilitarian conservation (pragmatic) -should use resources, but wisely -to the benefit of the most people but mostly to those who are alive right now -economic standpoint John Muir Correct Answer: Writer 2 Religious (spiritual values) Sierra Club - one of the most important cons...

UNH RMP 511 FINALNash's Wilderness Scale - correct answer Metropolis (synthetic)--------Pastoral (rural)--------Wilderness (natural) Etymology of Wilderness - correct answer -First used in early 13th century -absent of humans -uncultivated/undeveloped land Wildeor----wilder----wildern-----wilderness Wilderness = wild-dēor-ness = place of wild beasts Hetch-Hetchy - correct answer -1960 san fran earthquake, no water -James Phelan (SF Mayor) determined hetch-hetchy ideal spot for water...

ENWC 201 Final Exam - Questions with Verified Answers What is an animal's niche? How many dimensions can a niche have? Can animals share a niche? An animal's niche is the functional role of an organism considered in the environment in which it lives, its "job." A niche is multidimensional. No two organisms can occupy the same niche at the same time in the same place. What is a specialist vs a generalist? A specialist fits into their environment tightly and there is no room for dealing with...

George Marsh 1801-1882 correct answer: Wrote Man and Nature influenced Pinchot John Muir 1838-1914 correct answer: Attended UW- Madison Father of Preservationists- Little to no consumptive use. Gifford Pinchot 1865-1946 correct answer: Society of American Foresters Influenced Marsh Father of Utilitarian Conservationists- Sustainable use Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919 correct answer: The Conservation President Member of the Audubon society Influenced by Muir and Pinchot Nati...

A company that values their land based upon the market value of the timber is using _________ framework to evaluate their environment - Utilitarian An employee of the Nature conservancy that is researching conservation of endangered species is evaluating the environment based upon an ___________ framework - Ecological The ecosystem most likely to show chronic patchiness - Desert An example of a fire adapted ecosystem - Ponderosa Pine Forest The main reason why the Ponderosa Pine Forest at ...

NRES 150 Biodiversity and ecological conservation Questions and Answers 2023/2024 George Perkins Marsh - correct answer • Lawyer, philologist and diplomat • Man and Nature 1864 • Deforestation will turn into desertification • Influenced Pinchot John Muir - correct answer • Born in Scotland • Lived in Portage and attended UW-Madison • Sawmill, engineer, and rancher • Geology and glaciers • Sierra Club 1892 • Father of Preservationists -little to no ...

RMP 511 Final ExamWhat is Nash's wilderness spectrum? - correct answer Wilderness(Natural), Pastoral (Rural), Metropolis (Synthetic) What is wildeor? - correct answer savage beast What is the definition of wilderness? - correct answer place of wild beasts Where is the first national park? - correct answer Yellowstone 1872 Where is the second national park? - correct answer Yosemite 1890 Where is the first state park? - correct answer Adirondacks 1885 Where is the first officia...

George Perkins Marsh - ANSWER-• Lawyer, philologist and diplomat • Man and Nature 1864 • Deforestation will turn into desertification • Influenced Pinchot John Muir - ANSWER-• Born in Scotland • Lived in Portage and attended UW-Madison • Sawmill, engineer, and rancher • Geology and glaciers • Sierra Club 1892 • Father of Preservationists -little to no consumptive use Gifford Pinchot - ANSWER-• 1865-1946 • Attended Yale and studied Forestry in Eur...