Environmental pillars - steps and tasks
Completion requirements
Opened: Monday, 8 February 2021, 12:00 AM
Due: Saturday, 18 September 2021, 1:00 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL PILLAR of sustainable development
This pillar is based on ecology, especially on ecology of populations.
You should know these terms:
population, birth rate, mortality, density, growth, competition, (between individuals of the same species and between individuals of different species), self-regulating ability of ecosystem, ecological balance and ecosystem capacity limit.
and explain them in context.
Your task:
- You can find the terms on wikipedia or in the sources to which I have shared links (Khan academy).
- Think and write three examples from the life of animals or plants when ecosystems capacity limits for the species are manifested.
- Study the development of the human population and think about it in an environmental context. See for example here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population
- See on worldometer https://www.worldometers.info/
- See on Limits of the Growth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth and
- Write essay "How does the human population differ from that of other species? What are our options to avoid exceeding the limits." In your own words.1 – 3 pages. If you have no experience with writing essays, first look at how a professional essay is written, what its rules are, etc.