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Is there a water crisis in your city or region? If yes, what remedial measures do you suggest? If no, what are the factors that ensure good-quality water supply?
What is the signifi cance of biodiversity for business fi rms?
Who are all the stakeholders of a forest in your region? Describe what actions each stakeholder should perform to preserve the forest without deterioration in its quality and quantity.
Identify in which stakeholder category you are and assess your stake in the environment, specifi cally on the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere.
What is a supplementary food chain? Illustrate with examples from your neighborhood.
What are the diff erent types of interaction that human beings have with wildlife? What are the remedies available to man–animal confl icts?
Th rough web search, identify 10 technological inventions which can restore and rehabilitate the environment to its pristine nature.
Do you subscribe to the inclusive view or to the exclusive view of nature? Substantiate your answer by describing the observations, events, places or project that infl uenced or guided your view.
Th rough web search, write a case of one country which is rich in forest biodiversity but very poor in protecting it for the next generation, as the needs of the present generation are overwhelming.
Name three industries which have less connection with nature and justify your answer from the point of view of their inputs, outputs and marketing of their products or services.
Make an assessment of the elements of culture and the impact of culture of a society on the business fi rms.
Discuss and bring out the characteristics of the present ecological revolution stage. What are the driving forces of the present-day ecological revolution?
In a map of your city, draw the existing land use pattern as it exists and learn from the city/town development authorities about the existence of any LUP for the city/town.
Trace the genesis of the crisis in Greece and the European crisis of 2011 to 2012 and the impact of the crisis on the environment.
Describe and plot the existing land use pattern of your town/municipality/panchayat and prepare a strategy to improve the environment in the next 10 years by a better land use plan.
Make a list of the success indicators of a knowledge economy.
Compare and contrast the characteristic features of economic development, human development and SD.
Make a list of prime movers of development of your state, and in your opinion, which prime mover should be in the lead contributing more and why?
Make a list of natural resources of your country with total quantity, location and major uses.Assess how long these resources would last as per the current rate of use.
Classify all the success indicators of economic development of your country among the four types of generic success indicators.
What are the business opportunities for a construction fi rm when the smart growth concept is adopted by a city?
How does technology change the value of natural resources? Cite two examples of technology discovering new value for natural resources.
Discuss whether a DD country or an UD (poor) country is a greater threat to the environment.
Why are strong leaders critically important if community- based collaborative conservation(CBCC) is to be effective?
Regarding a vision, why do some argue that getting the right people on the journey is more important than determining the desirable destination?
What is the distinction between leadership and followership? How are they interconnected?
How effective have shaming campaigns been in trying to push firms to behave in a green- friendly manner?
What is the significance of differentiating between doing the right thing and doing the thing right?
What do you believe are the merits of fuzzy and stretch goals for a vision?
Why does the media’s practice of seeking to provide balanced reporting regarding climate change contribute to making it difficult for many to determine whether or not climate change deserves attention?
Why is climate change characterized as an ambiguous issue, and without salience?
What is one initiative that could serve as a model of best practice related to implementation of a resource management policy or plan? What are the characteristics of that initiative from which others could learn?
Can collaborative and stakeholder approaches help to achieve implementation?What are their limitations, and why would an advocate of a programmed approach likely be sceptical of their value?
In your view, what are usually the three most significant obstacles related to implementation?
Why should we differentiate between outputs and outcomes related to implementation?
What is the interest in the implementation challenge or the implementation gap, often encountered in moving from a vision and plan to action?
How can geomatics, or GIS, support monitoring and assessment of changes in the environment and natural resources? How eff ective has GIS been in helping for monitoring and assessments?
Do you agree or disagree with the purpose and objectives of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code?
How well does the 13th SOE report for Saskatchewan refl ect a pressure- state-response model? How could that report be improved?
What are the strengths and limitations of the four integrated and complementary approaches recommended for the EU to help achieve its vision related to the envi-ronment for 2050?
What is the purpose of state of the environment (SOR) reports? How well have they been applied?
What are the greatest challenges related to choice of measures and indicators against which to assess performance relative to inputs and outputs in an environmental audit?
What is the signifi cance of the diff erence between monitoring and evaluation?
What are usually the main challenges to implement a corporate social responsibility policy?
Is the intent of certification programs and eco- labeling being achieved?
Do you find emergy to be a helpful or unhelpful concept? Why?
What is the significance of the ISO 14501 for material flow cost accounting (MFCA)?
What are the main lessons from the Kalundborg industrial ecosystem in Denmark?
How is industrial ecology both a metaphor and an analogy for natural ecosystems?
What approaches are being used to achieve the benefits of a circular economy? Are those benefits being realized?
What is the significance of the concept of triple bottom line?
What is the significance of the difference between women in development (WID) and gender and development (GAD)?
What are the implications of the three roles (reproductive, productive, community managing) taken by women related to extraction or management of natural resources?
How can local knowledge enhance or complement scientific understanding of natural resources?
What are distinctive features of each of normative, strategic, and operational planning, and what are the implications for stakeholder engagement?
What is the significance of Arnstein’s eight rungs of public participation?
What are the most important enabling conditions needed in governance arrangements to support engagement?
Why is a distinction often made between participation and engagement in partnerships?
What are the lessons from application of life- cycle assessment to the white wine industry in Sardinia, Italy?
Why does life- cycle analysis usually involve four stages?
How effective have the EMAS and ISO 14001 been as bases for an environmental management system?
What is the significance of uncertainty, ambiguity, and ignorance for EIAs?
What ideal value does strategic impact assessment add to conventional EIA?
Why are cumulative effects significant, and why are they challenging to estimate?
What are best practices of EIA? Are they usually achieved?
What is the difference between EIA and SIA?
What options exist to determine the monetary value of ‘ intangible’ variables?
What was the motivation for developing and applying benefit- cost analysis?
What are the main lessons from the conflicts related to selenium pollution in rivers in Colorado, and of opposition from women’s groups against mining projects in Ecuador and Peru?
What are the implications of a principled approach in alternative dispute resolution processes?
Why do some conditions need to be met if alternative dispute resolution is to be effective?
Why are emotions often viewed as significant in disputes?
What is involved in a transformational approach to addressing conflicts?
Why are some disputes or conflicts characterized as intractable?
What are the implications of adaptation and transformation related to resource and environmental management?
Do you believe sustainable development and resilience can be combined for a vision, or should they be viewed as distinct alternatives? Why?
What are the implications of the Anthropocene for sustainable development or sustainability?
What has been the impact of Our Common Future, the report of the Brundtland Commission?
What was, and continues to be, the significance of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring?
What do you believe are the implications of the key assumptions normally associated with forecasts related to natural resources and the environment?
What do you believe should be the basic attributes of a vision related to resource and environmental management?
Are there similarities between the nexus approach and the concept of resilience?
What is the significance of the nexus approach?
What are the implications of the rule of hand?
Why does the distinction between comprehensive and integrative interpretations of an ecosystem or holistic approach matter?
Is there agreement about the definition of ecological integrity? What are the implications?
What do you believe are the most important major themes in ecosystem management?
What major impediments can hinder moving from the ideal to the practice of an ecosystem approach?
What are the implications of the difference between single- and double- loop learning for management of natural resources and the environment?
Why is tipping- point leadership viewed as important?
Why is creating or strengthening social capital important for adaptive environmental management?
Why is creation of trust and mutual respect a key foundation for effective governance?
What are the implications of adaptive governance?
In what kinds of situations would deliberate redundancy and overlap among government agencies be a positive feature in governance?
Can governance arrangements be designed to support achievement of resilience?
What are the implications of wicked problems, ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflict for design of governance arrangements?
Does the distinction between government and governance matter? Why?
In what types of situations is adaptive environmental management not an appropriate option?
Why is monitoring, a fundamental element of adaptive environmental management, often underfunded or not pursued?
What are key challenges related to applying adaptive environmental management?

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