Ch 1 Canada in the World

Pregunta	Respuesta
When is the world population projected to reach 9 billion	2050
how many of the 10 hottest years on record occurred between 2000-2010	8
what was the response to key Kyoto requirements to reduce ghg emissions?	lack of coordination and implementation
when was Kyoto	adopted by parties to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 97, entered into force 2005
4 challenges for today's public policy makers (Cartwright)	speed, scale, complexity, impact
define neoliberalism	neoliberalism promotes the unrestricted exchange of goods and services to create wealth within a self-regulating global market of demand and supply
what indicates that there is a shifting awareness that environmental management is a corporate concern and responsibility?	voluntary codes of conduct, standards (ISO), corporate social responsibility
Washington Consensus	a concept and critique introduced by John Williamson in 1989 to explain the dominance of US policies of global capital accumulation that were adopted and enforced through unilateral and multilateral consent and coercion
Bretton Woods institutions	IMF, World Bank, charged in 1940 with post-war reconstruction
four dimensions of globalization (McGrew)	transboundary activity (extensity), interconnectedness (intensity), faster interactions (velocity), impact over distance
Drivers of globalization	capitalist expansion (econ shifts), industrialism, info (techno shifts), less state intervention (political shifts), civic awareness (cultural shifts)
how many jobs lost by cod moratorium 92	40000
Staples Theory	national economic and social development is built on the generation of national income through the export of raw materials or semi-processed materials. Resource economies cannot command favourable terms of trade because the high-value-added manufactured products, and the accompanying individual employment income and collective sales revenue become lost to the resource producer. Therefore, dependency on resource extraction makes an economy intrinsically vulnerable to shocks because the economy is not diversified.
James Bay hydroelectric projects	N. Québec on Cree lands established first modern treaty recognizing indigenous land rights, conceded two decades later that further hydroelectric dvlpmt was unacceptable
why was Berger commission watershed in environmental assessment in Canada?	first time Aboriginal communities had any significant input into development and management of ancestral territory. required that a pipeline could only be built after the impacts on northern inhabitants, livelihoods, and environment could be evaluated and found acceptable
Mackenzie Valley Five-Year Action Plan	permanently protected 40 million hectares of culturally and ecologically significant land before construction on a gas pipeline
Clayoquot Sound	organized protest-> significant in reach of environmental and Aboriginal civil society networks and emergence of first coherent attempts at collaborative forestry management and incorporation of indigenous knowledge.
Clayoquot Sound Science Panel (CSSP)	recognized three classes of values: ecological services, specific objects, spiritual and cultural values. issued reports for vision of collaborative forestry management -> main forestry company is indigenous
Banff-Bow Valley Task Force	created march 94, 50-year vision emphasizing ecological integrity. wildlife bridges
Diavik Diamond Mine	responsibly harvested rare gems
Canada/US transboundary water agreement	100 yrs, IJC
Kyoto Protocol (Canada)	(Jean Chrétien) signed 98, ratified 2002. little progress, backed out 2012
beginning of national parks system	1885 Banff National Park
environmental globalization	new spatial arrangements and conservation areas with physical and social networking spaces of activity (Wakatobi National Park), New spatial scales of importance to environmental management (Y2Y), decentralization of environmental governance
factors that moved Aboriginals from periphery to core of environmental policy	dissent-permitting society, better political organization, international pressure, legal and constitutional changes
Hibernia offshore oil project	Newfoundland 97, fifth largest oil reserve, alternative from cod
IDRC	incr focus on envmt, sustainability, participatory dvlpmt, + resource mgmt. 3 main areas of program support: Envmt and natrl resources mgmt, Info and communication techs for dvlpmt, soc and econ equity. relevance- influence policy and practice
CIDA	funds collaborative research projects to improve capacity-building through the study of processes and activities that can improve the situation of those less well-off. internships, envmtl initiatives
where was NA's first free campus bicycling program	u of Calgary 5005
what Canada has to offer as envmtl and dvlpmt actor	long history of integration in global econ w wealth of natl resources; scholarly and pedagogical activities
positives in envmt for Canada	First Nations changing relations, integrated, multiple-use parks mgmt, bilateral mgmt (IJC)

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