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NR 435: Contemporary Conservation Issues & Environmental Awareness Spring 2021 February 2, 2021

- Jack Kerouac, On The Road

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Syllabus

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Environmental Awareness Be aware. Be curious.

+ Snapshot Assignments, Assignment s, Reflections, and Discussion Discussionss

Cultivate a conscious relationship with the world you live in.

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CONSERVATION The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural environments and the ecological communities that inhabit them.

Conservation generally include[s] the management of human use of natural resources for current public benefit and sustainable social & economic use.

CONSERVATION BI BIOLOGY OLOGY The study of the causes and consequences of the loss of Earth’s biological diversity, and the ways to prevent or remedy the loss. 7

~1950s - 1980s

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

patterns of biodiversity / species ‘loss’ recognized

The study of the causes and consequences of the loss of Earth’s biological diversity, and the ways to prevent or remedy the loss.

… ca. 1985 field of Conservation Biology established

But before all this …

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The Roots of American Conservation

The Origins of Conservation Biology

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Gifford Pinchot

osevelt Yosemite National Park, 19

"We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so.” – T.R. 10

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“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” – Aldo Leopold

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… The Conservation Ethics … ~1950s - 1980s patterns of biodiversity / species ‘loss’ recognized

… ca. 1985 field of Conservation Biology est.

Lack of diversity within the field of biodiversity conservation?

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY The study of the causes and consequences of the loss of Earth’s biological diversity, & the ways to prevent or remedy the loss.

… 2021 extinction/biodiversity crisis ‘The Sixth Extinction’

… How will we respond / act? à

CONSERVATION

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Biodiversity Conservation

Conservation only makes sense if biodiversity has value (if it is *worth* saving) What is the value of biodiversity? … of Nature? 13

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Value of Nature, of Biodiversity Intrinsic Values (internal ‘worth’)

Extrinsic Values (external ‘worth’; value to others)

Extrinsic)Values) can)be)further) divided)into)specific) types of)values)… 14

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Intrinsic Values

Extrinsic Values

= Ethical Value:

Aesthetic Value:

Value of an entity unto itself, regardless of its value to humans

Value in making the world more beautiful/pleasant

= The right to exist simply because it’s there

Ex: ‘beautiful’ species/scenery; other sensory enjoyment (scent)

Emotional Value: Value beyond sensory enjoyment Ex: many people develop strong emotional bonds to certain natural areas or species (“sense of place”)

Economic/Utilitarian Value:

Ecological/Environmental Value: (Ecosystem Services)

Direct value as a tangible product that can be used, bought, or sold

Value in providing intangible services that allow humans and other life to exist

Ex: food, lumber, energy

Ex: plants help purify air and produce oxygen, soil microbes purify water, etc.

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Ecological/ Biological Foundations: Species, Populations, Communities, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Evolution, Extinction Human – Environment Relationships: Values, Environmental Ethics, Economic Valuation, Worldviews, Perception, Risk Assessment, Psychology & Conservation Biology Selected Conservation ‘Issue Areas’: Land Use; Habitat Loss and Degradation | Water Scarcity, Insecurity, and Conservation | Human Population Impact | Food Production: Feeding a Growing Population | Ecotoxicology | Global Carbon Problem: Climate Change à Global Biological Change | Energy Sustainability 17

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Environmental Justice Human-env. interactions

Inclusivity Inclu sivity / Accessibili bility Accessi bili ty of Sustainability Sustainabil ity

Cross oss-cutt -cutting Cr oss -cutt ing Themes

Global commons

Communication Communicati on

Environmental capital

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13 Module Quizzes (35%) (13 x 10pts/each = 130, but final quizzes grade taken out of 100 pts)

1 Syllabus Review (5%) (online, DUE by NOON, FEB. 8)

3 Exams (50%) (Lowest exam grade weighted 50%)

Discussion Board Assignments + In-class Activities (10%) (~3-5 DB posts, in-class activities, & snapshot assignments / reflections) 21

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