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Finals | U1: Environmental Resource Management Flashcards

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

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Renewable Resources
Non-Renewable Resources

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The fuel of life

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Energy

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Examples of Renewable Resources

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Solar energy
Biomass energy
Wind energy (utilized by windmills)
Geothermal Energy
Hydropwer energy (utilized by damps, hydroelectric powerplants)

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Examples of Non Renewable Resources

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Fossil fuel oil
Coal
Natural gas
Nuclear

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RESOURCES THAT CAN BE MANAGED

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Recyclable
Non Recyclable

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Can naturally replenish as long as nature can supply

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Renewable Resources

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Takes a long period of time to be replenished

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Non-Renewable Resources

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Resources that can be used over and over

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Recyclable Resources

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Resources that can only be used once

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Non-Recyclable Resources

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TYPES OF RESOURCES + definition

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Potential Resource: Exists but not yet used

Actual Resource: Currently used

Reserve Resource: Actual resource for future use

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Example of Potential resource

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Ex. Pressure (converted into energy)
Piezoelectricity: Converts pressure into electricity

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Example of Actual resource

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Fossil fuels
Solar energy (solar panels)
Wind energy (windmills)
Copper

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Example of Reserve resource

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Candles and battery (reserved in case of blackout)
Nuclear power (PH context)

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MANAGEMENT ENTITIES

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Government
Industry
Community
Research & Education
Church

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Role of the government

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Establishes legal bases of legal management systems i.e laws, policies, prohibitions, penalties

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Example of law that the gov implements

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Environmental and sanitation permits)

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Role of the industry

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Use APPROPRIATE methods
Meet LEGAL requirements
Have a PROACTIVE attitude: they will be monitoring themselves

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A document by the government that details how waste will be managed

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Environmental Management System (EMS)

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Standard operating systems that will train and state how things should be processed

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Environmental Management System (EMS)

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Consumes large portions of resources

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Role of the community

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DISCIPLINE
ACTIVE participation
RESPECT for environment

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How the community should think and act

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Think Global and Act Local

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Role of research and education

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Research: find solutions
Education: information dissemination
* Inform and find solutions to problems

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Example of what Research & Education has contributed

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Microplastics have been found out in our human blood; and obtained by eating seafood (?)

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Role of the church (or other organizational communities (eg. family units))

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REMIND: stewards of creation
Set an EXAMPLE
INITIATE environmental projects

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MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES + definitions

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  1. Environmentally Sustainable Development: Use but do NOT Abuse
  2. Precautionary Principle: “Better safe than sorry”; Constant reminders
  3. Intergenerational Equity: Conserve for future generations
  4. Environmental Considerations in Decision-making: ex. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS)
  5. Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecological Integrity: Biodiversity; Preserving plants and animals around us
  6. Improved Valuation, Pricing, & Incentive Mechanisms: You use, you pay… a LOT
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Ex. of Environmentally Sustainable

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Consuming only what you can eat

28
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Ex. Precautionary Principles

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Climate change
Recycling
Earth day

29
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Process that involves predicting and evaluating the likely impacts of a project on the environment (land, water, air, flora, fauna, and people) at various stages (construction, commissioning, operation, and abandonment) of the project development.

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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) [under Environmental Considerations in Decision-making]

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Example of an Environmental Considerations in Decision-making

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Ex. Increasing use of coals as country’s main source of energy

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Future of the Earth

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Biodiversity

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Example of Improved Valuation, Pricing, & Incentive Mechanisms

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MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS

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  1. Acts and Regulations
  2. Treaties and Agreements
  3. Policies and Guidelines
  4. Principles
  5. Strategies and Plans
  6. Licenses and Permits
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Specific step-by-step processes established by the law

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Principles

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Ex. of Acts and Regulations

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Ecologic Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (RA 9003)

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Ex. of Treaties and Agreements

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Montreal Protocol

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Ex. of Policies and Guidelines

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PD 1151 (PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY)

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Ex. of Principles

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Precautionary Principle

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Ex. Before a business establishes itself, it should acquire an environmental compliance certificate

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Principles

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Ex. of Strategies and Plans

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Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Permission from authorities that one has accomplished compliance

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Licenses and Permits

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Ex. of Licenses and Permits

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Environmental Compliance Certificate

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Entails the cooperation between and among national and international management entities in order to conserve and preserve the environment as guided by the various environmental principles, models, and mechanisms.

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Environmental Resource Management

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Environmental Resource Management entails the cooperation between and among (1) and (2) in order to conserve and preserve the environment as guided by the various environmental (3), (4), and (5).

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  1. national
  2. international management entities
  3. principles
  4. models
  5. mechanisms

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