1 16 2012 Outline Natural Resource and Environmental Planning 1 2 3 4 TOPIC 1 INTRODUCTION 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 we have to aggressively fix and address issues because we can t just maintain at this point our respect will take care of a lot of stuff Aldo Leopold 1897 1948 American scientist land ethic basic respect for natural resources Healthy land has capacity for self renewal Conservation our effort to preserve that capacity 1 Conservation state of harmony between man and nature Crisis on Planet Earth Crisis on Planet Earth Are we on a sustainable course History of the Movement Classification of Natural Resources Approaches to Natural Resource Planning and Management Changing Realities New Tools Risk and Assessment The Environment and You Environmental Ethics we are not living in harmony we can always go back to aldo leopold s beliefs always work RESPECT Population Resources and Pollution If yes why Population Increase Resource Consumption and Depletion Pollution If no still till need d to t iimprove managementt Either way what should we do HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE IT management of resources is a global issue important that everyone knows that their best interest is represented by proper management 1 5 of our world s population consumes 30 of the 1 16 2012 resources although we see it as an excessive resource demand we have to try to address it incrementally in small places and in small ways Population Increase 6 6 Billion in 2008 Projected 8 Billion by 2025 Demand for food water clothing goods service Depletion of natural resources Resource Consumption and Depletion MDCs US 5 population 30 resources Excessive production and consumption LDCs Excessive resource demands linked to population Basic needs not met Rates 220 000 daily 1 5 million weekly 80 million annually thermal pollution from industries is a problem when we don t have enough rain water the water they put back in is too warm to support the fish living in it Environmental Degradation Middle East Desertification Overcrowding Water pollution Pollution US affluent and effluent Variety and volume of contaminants Where Lakes streams oceans and GW atmosphere land With what Sewage industrial radioactive heat detergents pesticides fertilizers plastic SO2 CO2 animal waste sediment sewage is a big problem here many of the lines are old and leaking research in converting sewage back to drinking water every stream section has designated uses and has requirements it must meet your inclusion on the 303D list is mostly good because someone has noticed a problem at least they re checking and you can be funded for fixing the problem the most commonly listed on the 303D list is sediment dirt clay silt sand sediment is water s biggest enemy covers stream beds kills muscles fish sediment good for farming but BAD for water poor air quality is an issue for people of all ages 2 in initial study they ran out of resources even when they doubled the resources with infinite resources pollution was a problem and killed everyone even faster 1 16 2012 they said that there would come a time when our consumption exceeded our resources available as population decreases pollution decreases and available resources increases 2 Are we on a sustainable course Limits to Growth Study 1972 Limits to Growth Meadows 1992 Beyond the Limits Sustainable on many levels Personall P Governmental Corporate Can we answer that 3 Viewpoints Optimists Pessimists Realists Moderates optimists think that the answer is cheap energy with cheap energy we don t have to worry about soil erosion etc we are limited only by ourselves solve the problem by coming up with multiple ways of producing cheap energy if we had cheap energy it would solve a lot of our problems but there is opposition 2a Optimists Technology is the answer Cheap energy Plentiful food Options p limitless Limited only by ingenuity 2b Pessimists realists Technology not the answer Time critical Exponential growth Rounded the bend Technology cannot keep pace pessimists say that even with new and advanced technology we can t keep up with it technology may provide a lot of our answers but it is not THE answer to everything Exponential Growth Curve Fixed Growth pessimists 2c Moderates Time to remedy Spendthrift to sustainable Not robbing Peter to pay Paul Sustainable society one that meets needs without pre enting future generations from meeting theirs preventing Is this attainable Human nature Ethics Cultures Laws moderates we have to keep working toward the goal of a sustainable society obviously we can t go back in time and change what s already happened but we can work forward and change how we do things this is attainable using what we re learned from the past technology we can change people s attitude toward a sustainable way of life can t look 3 at time scales we have to work in our own society first before moving on to other nations we all have our own problems 1 16 2012 we ve gotten farther and farther away from these values these principles are found in every part of association Biological Principles of Sustainability Ecosystems Chiras 3 History of the Movement 1800s Present Day Resource Conservation Environmental Movement Sustainability Movement Conservation Recycling Renewable resource use Restoration Population control and management Adaptability all pretty much have the same goal just different names and times large scale logging operations in the northwest they would just move on after they finished John muir and george perkins marsh were the first to address this John Muir Sierra Club Founder Advocate for Yosemite and Sequoia Parks 1901 1909 Theodore Roosevelt 19th Century 20th Century At first Four Waves Endless bounty Use it up and move on Then some prophets of change 1901 1909 1933 1941 1960 1980 1980 Present 1892 John Muir 1864 George Perkins Marsh George Washington Thomas Jefferson Four Waves 1901 1909 1933 1941 1960 1980 1980 Present Great Lake States timber depletion Mismanagement leads to economic hardships National Conservation Committee Gifford Pinchot 50 member Natural Resources Inventory 41 State Conservation Departments 1933 1941 Franklin D Roosevelt 20th Century 1908 White House Conference on Natural Resources 1934 National Resources Board 2nd Comprehensive Natural Resource Inventory Creative jobs and resource management 1934 Prairie States Forestry Project 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps 1935 Soil Conservation Service 1933 Tennessee Valley Authority 1936 North American Wildlife and Resources