Tag: environment

  • Stakeholders and Conservation

    This week, one thing that was emphasized in our course material was the role of stakeholders in conservation of species or natural areas. Because with any given one, it won’t just be one group that is affected by decisions about their protection. Therefore, for conservation efforts to be successful in a long run, all relevant…

  • Conservation Land Management

    A major focus of the lectures this week has been the role of land management in conservation. We talked about modifications are made to the landscape by conservation workers to promote biodiversity, such as the targeted removal of invasive species and planting of native species. We also spent a lot of time discussing how different…

  • Learning About Protecting Wildlife in the US

    The class material for this week focused on the history of environmental protection laws in the US, as well as what is happening with them in the present day. We learned about how the extinction of species such as the passenger pigeon, as well as disasters that resulted from mismanagement of the environment like the…