Module 4 – LU Student Presentation

Adam WoodAnel Martínez Bievrich Arturo Salazar Martínez

Denise Golden Hector Mézquita Castillo

October 8, 2010

Expansionist Ecological

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Conservation = Sustainable Exploitation

Nature provides a forum to judge the state of human society

Ecological Worldview: deep ecology

sustainable values are dominant

Expansionist Worldview: unbridled development values

are dominant

Political Left• Well-being • recognised limits to growth•collective

Political Right• wealth

• economic growth is the

target•individual

Sustainable Development

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Eagle View

Mouse View

Parkins, J.R. (2006). De-Centering Environmental Governance: A Short History and Analysis of Democratic Processes in the Forest Sector of Alberta, Canada. Policy Sciences, 39(2), 188. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27667605

Hooghe, L., & Marks, G. (2003). Unraveling the Central State, but How? Types of Multi-Level Governance. The American Political Science Review, 97(2), 236. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3118206

Environmental Justice Case Studies

http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/blanca.html

http://lbxml.ust.hk/th_imgo/b1023440.pdf Pg:47-49

http://www.larouchepub.com/spanish/other_articles/2008/1101_m_r_lozano.html

EIA(Environmental Impact

Assessment)

Evolved to SIA(Social Impact Assessment)

Ecological Impact:•Physical

•Biological

Focus:

Social Impacts:•Human health.

•Socio-economic conditions.•Physical and cultural heritage.

•Current use of lands for traditional purposes by

aboriginal persons.

Focus:

• Are the ecological changes taking place on the planet the driver in changes to governance of the commons?

• Is the SIA a reasonable way to evaluate projects?

• Do you think a real balance between physical, social and economic can be obtained from these type of laws?