Environmental Value Systems

Question 1

What is a EVS (key term)?

Answer 1

A worldview or paradigm that shapes the way an individual or group of people perceive and evaluate environmental issues (influenced by inputs).

Question 2

Which were the two main environmental thought schools during 19th century?

Answer 2

Preservationists - based on the intrinsic value of nature;
Conservationists - based on the value of goods and services provided by nature.

Question 3

Which were the major environmental international agreements?

Answer 3

Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Treaty on POPs, CITES, UN Convention on the Law of Seas.

Question 4

Which are the EVS main approaches?

Answer 4

Ecocentrism (deep and soft ecologist); anthropocentrism; technocentrism (environmental manager and cornucopian).

Question 5

Which are the two main approaches to the value of the ecosystem?

Answer 5

Intrinsic value (tangible) and Instrumental value (intangible).

Question 6

What is biodiversity?

Answer 6

A broad concept encompassing the total variety of living systems.