Human behavioral ecology

that David Sirota makes valid points when it comes to: Global Climate Change: We have known for a long time that anthropogenic climate change is intensifying drought, flooding, storms, etc.; and that historically dry areas are becoming much drier. Human beings have created a way of living that distance us from nature and makes us feel as if it is our servant, when, in fact, we should be serving and safeguarding the environment. Everyone from politicians to common ordinary folk are too…

Legal attempts at resolution: CIITES pros are it is harder and takes a lot longer to get a permit to cut down trees and it protects 700 other species. The negatives is it is not strongly enforced, violators only pay a small fine, countries can exempt themselves from certain species. The positives of the Lacey Act it is one of the broadest of the government to combat wildlife crime. The Lacey Act also is a lot stricter than past laws. The negatives to the Lacey Act is it is hard to regulate and…

ENVS 1301 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Study the information you have found, then answer the following questions: 1.What did you choose to cover? Please list the web links you have used, including any main web link to the park/reserve/organization, etc. I chose to cover the work of "Société Audubon Haiti” which aims at conserving Haiti's biodiversity and natural ecosystems. Here is the web I have used: http://audubonhaiti.org/ http://audubonhaiti.org/partners/ 2.Where is it…

Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) Buckthorn is a large shrub or a small tree which may grow six meter in heights. Its is found in many light shaded areas also is tolerant , of many soil types from well drained sand to clay. Leaf may be a dull green / dark green color with a light green on the other side of the leaf. Buckthorn out competes native plants for nutrients, light , and moisture and degrades the wildlife habitat. This causes many other native plants to be endangered and die , since it…

eighteen hundreds. The Conservation Movement, which occurred from eighteen-fifty to nineteen-twenty, was to act as an effort to protect America's wildlife, wildlands, and natural resources. However, conservation then and now has been, mostly, for humans. In fact, the conservation movement was created when cities in America became overcrowded after mass industrialization. Conservation was not originally for the benefit of the ecosystems, and the precious natural resources we had, but an…

In the article “Sustainability outside the box” the author Hallie Forcinio describes an industrial manufacturing transformation occurring within the biotechnology and consumer packaged goods industries. These industries have stepped up corporate sustainability efforts through the use of improved technological processes and methods of manufacturing. Corporations within these industries are reducing their carbon footprints with smarter packaging designs and development, reducing greenhouse gas…

their natural habit and attempting to keep a rough estimate of the population. There are three other common ways people have attempted to control invasive species one of them being by educating themselves and doing outreach so we can beware of their behavioral patterns, areas they like to invade and common factors between these areas, and knowing what to do if we come in contact or become aware of the location of an invasive species. In addition, some people try to control invasive species by…

pressure of capitalist socio-economic order of human society, which is moving towards a colossal natural disaster due to rapid exploitation of the earth. The authors – Paul Kingsnorth and Dougald Hine made this appeal the creative artists, who have similar feelings and passion to protect the cause of environment led to join the artistic movement against the 21st century ‘consumer-capitalism’ led ecocide (Manifesto, 2009, p. 9). They observe, present human civilization and its leaders and…

There has been an in-depth discussion about the state of the human population, mostly the effect of the Earth's carrying capacity has upon the global population. The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size that can be supported by the resources available in the environment. Once an environment has reached this maximum capacity in regards to the resources, the population growth oscillates around the environment's carrying capacity. Density-dependent regulations mostly…

Since the environment is a hot topic in today’s news, many people have strong opinions one way or another about how people should handle environmental problems. The satirical book The Future of Life, juxtaposes two extreme ideas about environmentalism. Edward O. Wilson elaborates on the unproductive nature of headstrong, uncompromising environmental discussions by utilizing exaggerated diction, hyperbolic rhetorical question, and parallelism. By using exaggerated diction, Wilson highlights the…