1 Study Guide Final Geog 2412 Fall 2011 This is an outline of what has been covered in class since the last midterm week by week The vast majority of the questions will be about the material covered since the second mid term The exam is cumulative in the sense you will need to be able to deploy the perspectives learned in the first part of the class to understand the objects in the second part of the class Even the object carbon comes back into play to help understand the objects of water and trees If you are still unclear about particular aspects of the different perspectives you should revisit early chapters or see your TA Dr Goldman or Eric in office hours Also look over the review games played in class they are available from the class homepage This study guide should be used as an outline and checklist for the material that has been covered and that you are expected to know from lecture films and your reading You should also refer back to the keywords given in each lecture and make sure you know what they mean and how they relate to the material covered either in class in your reading or both You should also use your textbook to study You can do this by reviewing key words bolded and boxed throughout the chapter reviewing the section at the end of each chapter titled Thinking with and making sure you can answer the Questions for Review at the end of each chapter Week Eleven Trees Guest Lecture Movie Shaman s Apprentice Ch 10 o Movie Shaman s Apprentice o UNREDD why Market perspective Institutions perspective Population perspective Political economy perspective Primitive accumulation Second Contradiction of Capitalism Social Construction of forests as global carbon sinks o Carbon Democracy UNREDD indigenous peoples and carbon markets Creating carbon markets for forests Recognizing indigenous rights Problems with UNREDD making carbon markets Definitions of a forest o Do trees forests What are the differences Trees and Civilization The Berkeley Story Symbolic and material value of trees Ecosystem services of forests 2 o The goals of forest conservation protecting forests from what Role of humans in forests e g agriculture People can contribute to healthy forests How Reconciliation Ecology o Clements and Succession Succession define Climax community define Equilibrium vs Disturbance thinking o Ecosystem services provided by forests o Swidden cultivation o Population and Markets the Forest Transition theory o Political Economy Accumulation and Deforestation Uneven Development link back to REDD Shift away from common property resources o Ethics do trees have rights Ecocentrism Anthropocentrism Week Twelve Wolves and other Threatened Species Movie Wolves in Paradise Ch 11 o Movie Wolves in Paradise o The politics of the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone o The ecological role of wolves Biodiversity Apex predators o The social construction of wolves The Euro American construct and Its effect on the treatment of wolves The links to wild and masculinity The Native American construct o Ethics and wolves o Wolf recovery success politics and ecology The Minnesota Story The Yellowstone Story Could wolves be reintroduced to Rocky Mountain National Park RMNP Elk in RMNP o Biodiversity define Know and define the different levels of biodiversity genetic species ecosystem The different concerns interventions solutions as related to each level The ways the levels interact How different perspectives might argue to save biodiversity 3 What is conservation biology Different Approaches to Conservation Maximum sustainable yield Week Thirteen Water guest lecture Film Flow and Ch 13 o Bottled water Market manipulation Manipulation of risk perception Private accumulation define Production of scarcity Commodity define Common resource define Enclosed commons Movie Flow Privatization of water Bolivia South Africa The bottled water industry Where does the water really come from The social construction of water by bottled water companies Dams the social and environmental costs Neslt in Michigan Coca cola in India o Are we running out of water Hydrological cycle Water in the US Distribution of water Doctrines Colorado River Compact Demand Management Climate Change Water Energy nexis Water Quality Use the different perspectives to ask why we might think the West is running out of water Week Fourteen Fall Break Week Fifteen Potato and food biodiversity Ch 14 Movie clip from Botany of Desire o Monocropping monocultures o Columbian Exchange o The story of potatoes rise in Europe o The story of the French fry 4 o Russet Burbank o Environmental impacts of French Fries Human Body Landscape o Population Was Malthus correct Green Revolution s connection to population growth Is population or distribution the problem o Risks Health and risk in choosing what you eat Food security monocropping and risk Irish Potato famine Better information better choices or do we really have a choice o Political Economy Demand and supply The treadmill of production Spatial fix Marketing influence o Institutions FDA FAO Regulations for safety and security Collective action But politics o Market Organic foods Green marketing Coase theorem o Ethics and Agrodiversity Genetic modification Ecocentrism Biocentrism Anthropocentrism Preservation vs Conservation Loss of diversity Traditional vs Industrial agriculture o Green Revolution and GMOs o Movie clip from lecture notes Botany of Desire o Positive changes Fair Trade Slow food movement Farmer s markets Price of organic food 5