Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

Understand why environmental problems are complex and interrelated.

Realize that environmental problems involve social, ethical, political, and economic issues, not just scientific issues.

Understand that acceptable solutions to environmental problems are not often easy to achieve.

Understand that all organisms have an impact on their surroundings.

Understand what is meant by an ecosystem approach to environmental problem solving.

Recognize that different geographic regions have somewhat different environmental problems, but the process for resolving them is the same and involves compromise.

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