Environmental management and sustainability

Biodiversity and species: importance, loss, extinction and regulation. talks about the 4 types of biodiversity, threats to genetic diversity, species and ecosystems (exotic vs indigenous, indicator species, keystone species etc), the economic value of biodiversity

IUCN categories, IUCN and South African red list, the wildlife trade, CITES, species extinction

The bushmeat crisis – ecological, social and economic implications. economics, health and disease, special aspects

this is my introduction note to environmental management and sustainability (EM&S).

humans and critical thinking in terms of managing our environment and creating a sustainable environment. Population growth and background to ecology are described in these notes as well as some thinking points

looks at the history of environmental management and sustainability from 1962 until the present day. topics include 'world overshoot day', the fear of limited resources, the Brundtland commission, what sustainable development is, the 5 capitals, environmental planning and management

This set of notes includes definitions of the environment and environment impact. The Environmental impact assessment is discussed in detail as well as the EIA in South Africa. In-depth discussion of the EIA (the process, the 5 role players in the EIA process, components of the EIA as well as the va...

This notepad discusses our ecological footprint as well as modern agriculture (the 3 types) and mitigating agriculture impacts

the two types of resources are discussed (renewable and non-renewable) as well as harvesting and mining. detailed analysis is given on topics such as marine harvesting, mining, the impacts of mining, mitigating mining for sustainable development, electricity derived from coal, alternative sources fo...

This is the 7th note to my series of notes on environmental management and sustainability. This particular note deals with the topic of development including subtopics are the cycle of poverty, the relationships between government, society and businesses, the 5 capitals, what money is, what is quali...

This is my 7th note in my set of notes on environmental management and sustainability. This note discusses pollution and global warming in relation to the 2nd law of thermodynamics as well as various other topics such as pollution and plastic, how we have dealt with pollution thus far and why it isn...