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envs history/humans

history, human pop and EJ review envs exam 1

TermDefinition
mortality rate deaths per 1000
carrying capacity maximum amount of individuals the environment can support
consumption rate at which resources are used up
footprint analysis measures human demand on natural capital - how much of the earth does it take to support our lifestyles?
population growth rate births-deaths per 1000
DTM charts births, deaths, and population growth of a society relative to its technological development. divided into 4 stages.
preservationism to preserve wild lands in their natural condition
conservationism to manage lands in a way that allows both recreation, preservation, and use for logging, etc
demography study of populations
principles of environmental justice that no one population will experience a harsher burden placed on them by their environment, ie toxic waste, resource extraction, land use, and no one population will benefit more
eugenics movement beliefs and practices which will improve the genetic quality of the human population superior/inferior belief and sterilizations, usually
TFR total fertility rate - average number of babies a woman will have
FNPCELS First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit - where EJ was conceived in 1991
transcendentalism philosophical belief developed in 1820s New England the inherent goodness of people and nature has been corrupted by society and its institutions
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 UN treaty establishes rights and freedoms of all human beings - including right to a healthy environment
5 P's of Regulation Prescriptive Regulation, Property rights, Penalties, Payments, Persuasion
Antiquities Act 1906 gives the president the ability to create national monuments on federal lands for natural, cultural, or historical protection
ANWR Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - 20,000,000 acres of land increasingly threatened by development and oil drilling
CERCLA/Superfund Act The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 established Superfund administered by the EPA Environmental remediation program to clean up hazardous waste in residential areas
Chesapeake Bay Agreements agreements since 1983 to restore the Chesepeake Bay watershed meant to regulate pollution and eutrophication in the bay, restore habitats and protect resources
Clean Air Act 1963 originally passed in 1963 but ammended many times first and most influential environmental law regulates 6 major air pollutants
Clean Water Act regulates water pollution and aims to restore the nations waterways
Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE passed in 1975 meant to improve the average fuel economy of cars and trucks produced for sale in America, meant to increase fuel economy each year
prescriptive regulation regulations which list out what duties one must take
Endangered Species Act 1973 protects and conserves endangered species and to save them from extinction minds economic growth and development
Inflation Reduction Act 2022 restrictions on industrial pollution, grants for environmental justice and funding for community efforts, reduce diesel emissions, reduce pollution in goods shipment, solar project develpoment, funding for clean energy, urban forests, tribal funding
SMDP single-member district plurality voting system electoral districts elect a single officeholder
PR proportional representation - seats allocated to what a party gets
Organics Act of 1916 established the National Park Service under the US Department of the Interior
sovereignty right to govern oneself
Created by: mcarson29
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