(par 5.4.2.1) Defining Ecotourism

Defining Ecotourism http://untamedpath.com/eco-tours/defining-ecotourism.shtml The International Ecotourism Society defines Ecotourism as: “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local

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(par 5.4.2.2.1) Negative tourism impacts

Negative tourism impacts https://portals.iucn.org/library/efiles/html/tourism/section6.html Overcrowding, misuse of natural resources, the construction of buildings and infrastructure, and other activities associated with tourism, produce impacts on the

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(par 5.4.2.2.4) Culling Kangaroos Could Help The Environment

Culling Kangaroos Could Help The Environment http://www.science20.com/the_conversation/culling_kangaroos_could_help_the_environment-151132 By The Conversation | December 11th 2014 09:04 PM | By Brett Howland, Australian National University; David Lindenmayer, Australian National University, and Iain

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(par 5.4.2.2.4) Ecosystem-based management

Ecosystem-based management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem-based_management From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ecosystem-based management is an environmental management approach that recognizes the full array of interactions within an ecosystem, including

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(par 5.4.3.2 ) Diversity and Monocultures

Diversity and Monocultures https://www.le.ac.uk/se/centres/sci/selfstudy/eco5.htm There are three basic levels of diversity of life: ecosystem diversity is the number of different habitats within an ecosystem; species diversity is

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(par 5.4.3.2.2) Eating Fossil Fuels

Eating Fossil Fuels https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/corp/fossil-fuels.php by Dale Allen Pfeiffer, October 3 , 2003, 1200 PDT, (FTW) © Copyright 2004, From The Wilderness Publications, http://www.copvcia.com. All Rights Reserved. May be

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(par 5.4.3.2.2) Ecological efficiency

Ecological efficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_efficiency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ecological efficiency describes the efficiency with which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next. It is determined by a combination of

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(par 5.4.3.2.3.1.4) Permaculture (taken from Wikipedia)

Permaculture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Permaculture is a branch of ecological design, ecological engineering, environmental design, construction and integrated water resources management that developssustainable architecture, regenerative and self-maintained habitat and agriculturalsystems modeled from natural ecosystems.[1][2] The

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(par 5.4.4 ) Human Ecology (taken from Wikipedia)

Human ecology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_ecology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Human ecology is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study of the relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments. The philosophy and study of human ecology

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(par 5.4.4.2 ) Urban protected areas

Urban Protected Areas  http://www.thenatureofcities.com/2014/10/08/urban-protected-areas-important-for-urban-people-important-for-nature-conservation-globally/ Writer: Ted Trzyna, October 8, 2014 The international conservation movement traditionally has concentrated on protecting large, remote areas that have relatively intact natural

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(par 5.4.4.2 ) Urban sprawl (taken from Wikipedia)

Urban sprawl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This picture shows the metropolitan areas of the Northeast Megalopolis of the United States demonstrating urban sprawl, including far-flung suburbs and exurbs illuminated at night.

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(par 5.4.4.2.2) Understanding your city by understanding its flow

Understanding your city by understanding its flow: towards Participatory Urban Metabolism Information Systems http://ecocitizenworldmap.org/understanding-your-city-by-understanding-its-flow-towards-participatory-urban-metabolism-information-systems/ Sven Eberleinarticles, Newson August 21, 2014 Exciting times for our EWM team!

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