Apes Sgq Vocabulary 6

Intrinsic Value: Value that the environment and life forms have in their own right, and which is not derived from the human use they can or cannot be put to.

Utilitarian Justification: reasoning for conservation based on the idea that the environment should provide direct economic benefits to the population

Aesthetic Justification: A rationale for the conservation of nature based omits beauty and aesthetic qualities

Moral Justification: A rationale for the conservation of nature based on the idea that elements of the environment have a right to exist, independent of human desire

Mass Extinction: the disappearance of numerous species in a short period by a force of nature such as climate change or a volcanic eruption

Global Extinction: extinction of all species on Earth

Background Extinction: The ongoing extinction of individual species due to environmental or ecological factors such as climate change, disease, loss of habitat, or competitive disadvantage in relation to other species

Local Extinction: is the condition of a species which ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere

Precautionary Principle: states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking the action

Deforestation: the cutting down of forest trees for commercial purposes or to make arable or pasture land

Commercial Forest: Forested land which is capable of producing new growth at a minimum rate of 20 cubic feet per acre/per year, excluding lands withdrawn from timber production by statute or administrative regulation

Old-Growth Forests: is a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological features

Second Growth Forests: is a forest or woodland area which has re-grown after a major...