environmental policies

Project Id:

1140131

Posted By:

hthompso

Project Title:

environmental policies

Writing Type:

Original

Project Type:

Gold

Status:

IN PROGRESS

Subject:

Political Science

Number Of Pages:

2     Double-spaced (600 words)

Number Of Sources:

0

Type of Document:

online discussion question

Academic Level:

College/University

Citation Style:

Unknown

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N/A

Solution Files(s):

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Description:

The natural world provides us with an abundance of resources. Our food, drinking water, clean air, and all of the products we consume and use each day primarily come from resources supplied by nature. All of our natural resources have value but the values we place on these resources differ in both how we quantify and qualify these resources. Write Icon Write: You will be assigned to research a specific natural resource based on the first letter of your last name. If your last name begins with A to G, you must research Earth’s climate. If your last name begins with H to N, you must research Oceans. If your last name begins with O to Z, you must research Wilderness areas. In your initial post of at least 250 words, using the required resources and any additional credible resources that would enhance the strength of your argument, complete the following: Discuss the various direct and indirect environmental values (as seen in Chapter 1 of Environmental Policies) associated with the natural resource you were assigned. Describe one policy tension between your assigned natural resource and a threat to that resource. Evaluate the different worldviews (e.g., biocentricism, anthropocentrism) that influence the policy tension you just described and explain which worldview is most apparent in the policy tensions and why. Discuss Icon Respond to Peers: By Day 7, respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial posts. Your peer responses each must be at least 75 words. As your reply to your classmates, attempt to take the conversation further by examining their claims or arguments in more depth or responding to the posts that they make to you. Keep the discussion on target and support your argumentation with resources. For instance, you might analyze a classmate’s arguments concerning a natural resource that you were not assigned and evaluate the validity of their claims.