IB ESS 1.4 & 1.5 Test 2023/ 30 Questions and
Answers / Verified.
1.4 - -
-Sustainability - -The use and management of resources that allows full natural
exploited and full recovery of the ecosystems affected by their extraction and use.
-Natural Capital - -Natural resources that can produce a sustainable natural income of
goods or services
-Natural Income - -The yield obtained from natural resources
-Resources - Natural Capital and Natural Income - -Natural Capital (Renewable -
living, Replenishable - nonliving, Non-Renewable)
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Natural Income
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Goods/Services
-Ecosystems may provide... - -Life-supporting services such as...
water replenishment, flood and erosion protection, and goods such as timber, fisheries,
and agricultural crops
-Factors such as biodiversity, pollution, population or climate may be used... - -
Quantitatively as environmental indicators of sustainability. These factors can be
applied on a range of scales, from local to global.
-Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) - -Gave a scientific appraisal of the condition
and trends in the world's ecosystems and the services they provide using environmental
indicators, as well as basis scientific for action to conserve and use them sustainably.
, -EIA - -- Incorporate baseline studies before a development project is undertaken
- Assess the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the project, predicting and
evaluating possible impacts and suggesting mitigation strategies for the project
- Usually followed by an audit and continued monitoring
- Each country or region has different guidance on the use of EIAs
-EIAs provide... - -decision-makers with information in order to consider the
environmental impact of a project
- There is not necessarily a requirement to implement an EIAs proposals, and many
socio-economic factors may influence the decisions made
-Criticisms of EIAs - -1. Lack of standard practice or training for practitioners
2.Lack of a clear definition of system boundaries
3. Lack of inclusion of indirect impacts
-Sustainable Development - -Development that meets current needs without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
-Ecological Footprint (EF) - -The area of land and water required to sustainably
provide all resources and assimilate all the waste for a given population
- If the EF is GREATER THAN the area of land and water available to that population,
then it is NOT sustainable
-1.5 - -
-Pollution - -The addition of a substance or an agent to an environment through
human activity, at a rate GREATER THAN that at which it can be rendered harmless by
the environment, and which has an appreciable effects on the organisms in the
environment
Answers / Verified.
1.4 - -
-Sustainability - -The use and management of resources that allows full natural
exploited and full recovery of the ecosystems affected by their extraction and use.
-Natural Capital - -Natural resources that can produce a sustainable natural income of
goods or services
-Natural Income - -The yield obtained from natural resources
-Resources - Natural Capital and Natural Income - -Natural Capital (Renewable -
living, Replenishable - nonliving, Non-Renewable)
-------->
Natural Income
-------->
Goods/Services
-Ecosystems may provide... - -Life-supporting services such as...
water replenishment, flood and erosion protection, and goods such as timber, fisheries,
and agricultural crops
-Factors such as biodiversity, pollution, population or climate may be used... - -
Quantitatively as environmental indicators of sustainability. These factors can be
applied on a range of scales, from local to global.
-Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) - -Gave a scientific appraisal of the condition
and trends in the world's ecosystems and the services they provide using environmental
indicators, as well as basis scientific for action to conserve and use them sustainably.
, -EIA - -- Incorporate baseline studies before a development project is undertaken
- Assess the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the project, predicting and
evaluating possible impacts and suggesting mitigation strategies for the project
- Usually followed by an audit and continued monitoring
- Each country or region has different guidance on the use of EIAs
-EIAs provide... - -decision-makers with information in order to consider the
environmental impact of a project
- There is not necessarily a requirement to implement an EIAs proposals, and many
socio-economic factors may influence the decisions made
-Criticisms of EIAs - -1. Lack of standard practice or training for practitioners
2.Lack of a clear definition of system boundaries
3. Lack of inclusion of indirect impacts
-Sustainable Development - -Development that meets current needs without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
-Ecological Footprint (EF) - -The area of land and water required to sustainably
provide all resources and assimilate all the waste for a given population
- If the EF is GREATER THAN the area of land and water available to that population,
then it is NOT sustainable
-1.5 - -
-Pollution - -The addition of a substance or an agent to an environment through
human activity, at a rate GREATER THAN that at which it can be rendered harmless by
the environment, and which has an appreciable effects on the organisms in the
environment
