Friedland - Chapter 10 Flashcards
Tragedy of the Commons
The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted because people act from self-interest for short-term gain.
Externality
The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service.
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)
The maximum amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without compromising the future availability of that resource.
Resource conservation ethic
The belief that people should maximize use of resources, based on the greatest good for everyone.
Multiple-use lands
A U.S. classification used to designate lands that may be used for recreation, grazing, timber harvesting, and mineral extraction.
Rangeland
A dry open grassland.
Forest
Land dominated by trees and other woody vegetation and sometimes used for commercial logging.
Clear-cutting
A method of harvesting trees that involves removing all or almost all of the trees within an area.
Selective Cutting
The method of harvesting trees that involves the removal of single trees or a relatively small number of trees from among many in a forest.
Ecologically sustainable forestry
An approach to removing trees from forests in ways that do not unduly affect the viability of other trees.
Tree plantation
A large area typically planted with a single rapidly growing tree species.
Prescribed Burn
A fire deliberately set under controlled conditions in order to reduce the accumulation of dead biomass on a forest floor.
National wildlife refuge
A federal public land managed for the primary purpose of protecting wildlife.
National wilderness area
An area set aside with the intent of preserving a large tract of intact ecosystem or a landscape.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
A 1969 U.S. federal act that mandates an environmental assessment of all projects involving federal money or federal permits.
