CONSERVATION L1- Conservation and Resource Management

Question 1

Gifford Pinchot

Answer 1

Conservation side of the argument.

Emphasised utilitarian ethics.

Question 2

John Muir

Answer 2

Preservation side of the argument.

Rejected utilitarian ethics, instead we should aim to preserve the environment.

Question 3

Zimmermann (1933)

Answer 3

Functionalist view of natural resources.

Active humans put neutral nature to work.

Question 4

James C. Scott

Answer 4

HIGH MODERNISM- we must convert unruly nature/society into manageable natural resources/populations

Question 5

Odum (1953)

Answer 5

Published the ‘Fundamentals of Ecology’
The idea that ecosystems were stable and linear systems, that had an established state of equilibrium.
There is link between complexity and scale in ecosystems.

Question 6

Merchant (1997)

Answer 6

We have transitioned from egocentric ethics, to homocentric ethics to ecocentric ethics.

Most notably, MSY to OSY.

Question 7

Merchant (1990)

Answer 7

Egocentric ethics= humans had ownership over resources

Question 8

Pinchot (1947)

Answer 8

Homocentric= aimed to regulate and control policy for the greatest good of humans