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(a) between the perspectives of a Cornucopian and a Deep Ecologist regarding the management of global freshwater scarcity.
(b) Significant historical events have played a crucial role in shaping the modern environmental movement. how three named historical influences have shifted global environmental value systems (EVSs).
(a) two ways in which an individual’s environmental value system (EVS) may be influenced by their religious or spiritual beliefs.
(b) how the 1950s Minamata disaster in Japan contributed to the development of the modern environmental movement and shifted societal perspectives on industrial progress.
(c) are technocentric and ecocentric approaches different in their management of global biodiversity loss?
Population ecologists use the concept of carrying capacity to describe limits to population growth in an environment.
(a) the meaning of the term carrying capacity in ecology.
(b) why estimating carrying capacity for a population can be difficult.
(c) the usefulness of carrying capacity as a concept for managing human populations and natural ecosystems.
(a) four impacts of acid rain on the natural and urban environment.
(b) Using named examples where relevant, between primary and secondary pollutants.
(c) how pollution management strategies may regulate, reduce, and repair the impact of sulphur dioxide on ecosystems.
(a) the role of a transition toward a circular economy in maintaining the integrity of natural capital while meeting the demands of a growing human population.
(b) four distinct categories of ecosystem services identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) that provide natural income to humanity.
(c) the process and limitations of using Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) as a tool for ensuring the sustainable management of a proposed large-scale development project.
