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A thesis based in neoclassical economics (markets perspective), holding that externalities (like carbon) can be most efficiently controlled through contracts and barging between property owners.

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Forms of regulation that depend on government laws and agencies to enforce rules, including such things as regulated limits on pollution or fuel efficiency standards.

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Describes the collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements upon its climate.

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An institution that tries to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which comes to an end in 2012.

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Name two of the five general and persistent factors that limit the overall effective potential of market-based solutions to carbon emissions.

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Responsible for 1/5 of carbon emissions.back

Benefits that an organic system creates through its function, including food resources, clean air or water , pollination, carbon sequestration, energy, and nutrient cycling.

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Theory that says over time forest cover declines, but at some point a transition occurs, and that the decline halts and reverses and forest cover thereafter expands.

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Theory that sees a directional shift in community structures and function towards a climax community, where nature is in perfect balance. Succession is viewed as linear and climax community as the preferred state.

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A program to reduce emissions from deforestation.o Which perspective(s) is(are) dominate in this approach?o What problems might other perspectives have with this

solution?o What are some general problems with this solution?

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The animals in an ecosystem, which occupy the top trophic level.

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Think about how wolves are portrayed in children's books. This creates a ________ that allows people to fear wolves and acquiesce in their extermination.

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Areas which contain a high number of endemic species and have lost most of their habitat.

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Ethical stances on wolves:o Wolves should exist because they play a valuable role in

the ecosystem in which they live.o Wolves should exist because they have an intrinsic right

to exist as a species.o Wolves should exist because people enjoy seeing them

and learning from them. They bring us joy.

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If wolves (or lions or elephants) are preserved in their natural habitat for ethical or ecological reasons, a risks and hazards and political economy approach might join to point out a few problems.

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The two main legal (management) doctrines for water management in the US.

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Water-energy nexus

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Responsible for displacing millions of people in the last century and some produce up to 20x more greenhouse gases than coal fired power plants.

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Water is a common property in many parts of the world including Colorado. Name the adverse consequence of water belonging to all Colorado citizens (it was discussed in lecture).

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A markets approach might say that putting water in a bottle and selling it is the most efficient way to get water to where its most needed. There is obviously a market for bottled water, people are buying it, so we should bottle up as much water as the market demands.

Using the social construction, risks and hazards, and political economy approach, how could you critically respond to this?

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A single crop cultivated to the exclusion of any other potential harvest.

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Counter movement to fast food founded in the 1980’s which was established with the principle that a meal should be “good”, “clean”, and “fair”.

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The movement of species across the Atlantic Ocean, from the New World to the Old World and vice versa, and the resulting transformations.

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What term explains the reason fast food companies are moving into new markets like China or India?

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What are the risks associated with monocropping?o What is the solution to the risk problems presented by

monocropping?

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Global warming is an _________ caused by humans converting fossil fuels into energy. This type of situation is called a __________.

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This is the major critique of Social Construction.back

Explain how the TOC is an environmental narrative, explain the power/knowledge promoted in the narrative (i.e. who wins, who looses, what’s left out of the knowledge of the narrative and how does this relate to empowerment).

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The Second Contradiction of Capitalism is a Political Economy idea that . . .

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