Evaluate The Extent To Which An Ecosystem Approach

The message of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment’s Governing Board is that human impacts on this resilient natural world are so unprecedented and extensive that we crossed the line into unsustainable consumption some time ago and are now depleting ecosystem capital stock instead of living off its sustainable goods and services.

The Biodiversity Treaty sanctioned that countries whose biological resources are exploited by bioprospecting companies have a right to share the financial benefits resulting from the sale of these resources (Adair, 1997). National parklands are owned by the federal government. Therefore, our national parks have the legal right to share in the financial benefits that

Not only does this area have practicable functions for such activities like recreation , bird watching, hiking , wildlife habitat

With the limited funds that the NPS receives from the government, it does not allow for many improvements in infrastructure among all the parks and monuments. According to The Conservation, “NPS has a backlog of overdue maintenance projects that stands at $12 billion and rising... this includes infrastructure” (Bilmes and Loomis). Keeping park infrastructures up to date is important because it brings in more tourism. If the parks are equipped with newer roads, bridges, trails, and utilities it will spark interest among tourists especially younger kids. The parks offer programs that kids can take part in where they are taught about nature. The importance of these programs is that it, “makes sure that the next generation of Americans feel connected to the parks and to nature” (Bilmes and Loomis). If kids grow up to have a connection with nature and its history, then they will want to help preserve and take care of the parks and monuments in

National parks are part of the foundation and history of the beginning of America. The NPS is an organization that fights for the national parks and is trying to preserve them. Although the national parks may seem like land with no meaning taking up space that could be used for more construction and modernization, they deserve to be a priority because of the history they hold from the beginning of our great nation and because of the recreational value they provide to the public.

Many do not realize how beneficial state parks and forests are for people and a state’s economy. Hundreds of people are employed by the state park system to maintain all of the parks and forests throughout the state. Parks and forests provide hundreds of people with the availability to exercise outdoors and stay active with their lives. They also provide wildlife habitats for many different species of animals and allow them to coexist with people in our world.

The park has been threatened by logging as well as non-native species. The NPS has gone to large lengths to keep this park protected, pushing for further legislation for protection to goto a federal authority. Making this a priority has had many payoffs and has been a big factor on the result that the park is in today. This park has suffered from budget cuts and actively tries to raise awareness and increase public interest. The NPS is partnering with other organizations to provide better service such as transit and educational opportunities to visitors. Making these promises has make their approval rating go up. The NPS also has one of the highest approval ratings of all government agencies.

The District works as a partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to carry out the mission of "Helping the People Help the Land". Some of the thing that the district does are help in planning land use and conservation work, provides Nutrient Management Plans, provide engineering assistance to help you establish sound conservation practices, provide information to promote conservation, furnish soil information as to type, slope and erosion problems, implement conservation practices that keep soil in the field and out of waterways, protect

The protection of these parks are crucial and government funding to keep them running is a smart investment option. John Garder states, “In 2014, the National Park System received over 292 million recreation visits. Park visitors supported nearly $30 billion in economic activity and nearly 277,000 private-sector jobs. Each federal dollar invested in the National Park Service generates $10 in economic activity, a tremendous return on investment to local economies.” Multiple professionals in the degree of policy and business, from Solutions, a popular magazine wrote, “Research shows that protected areas are the most effective—in some situations the only—way of maintaining natural ecosystems in the face of development pressures, rapid agricultural expansion, and a rush to exploit mineral resources.”

First, the park regulates soil formation and keeps self-restrain of soil moisture to prevent soil erosion. Then, it does climate regulation, such as cooling the temperature, deceasing radiation, or controlling wind. Above all, the park brings a lot of benefits to residents’ health. Pacific Spirit Regional Park is like a green lung for my community. It purifies the air, kills the bacteria, eliminates the dust, and reduces the noise. Therefore, I would like to summarize that this park plays an important role in improving environmental pollution and maintaining urban ecological

National parks protect and preserve nature’s natural beauty. The vast, open land provides a safe place that allows native plants and animals to thrive in their natural environment. National parks not only protect plants, animals, and the natural beauty, but they also protect a place that might be important to people. Someone's ancestors might have walked through these very redwood forests. Thankfully, the forests are now protected and they would get a chance to experience how it felt like to walk through the amazing, tall, beautiful Redwood trees. Thanks to the amount of vegetation in national parks, they also help us clean the air because of the large amounts of carbon dioxide the vegetation releases, and oxygen it soaks in. So, national parks also help the environment, not just protect it, that's pretty cool. I guess it's their way of saying thank you to us for protecting them for the rest of their lives. National parks aren't all about nature though, they're also great places to visit, relax, and have fun with your family and friends. All national parks provide an abundance of exciting activities you can enjoy with your family, not just Redwood National Park. The final reason why national parks are so important is, they allow people to get educated on the world around but, in a fun and entertaining

Since the early 1920s to the 1970s, there has been a debate regarding the perceptions and standards by which national parks should be established and limiting the expansion of national parks, limiting access for people living in urban areas and threatening open spaces due to urban sprawl and over population. Gradually traditional perceptions gave way to the preservationists’ viewpoints which redefined and gradually expanded federal definition of national parks. This was to include areas that may not be extraordinarily scenic but still required environmental protection or allowed recreational access for urban citizens, allowing for expansion and more funding.

Responsibility for areas of natural beauty (other than those within park boundaries) is currently held at local government level. These local administrative bodies are generally happy with the existing situation, which they argue is the best way to balance the need to protect the countryside with the importance of ensuring employment and affordable housing for local inhabitants. Adopting this viewpoint, Marchmont (1999:45) argues that

re devastation and harm that may not be able to be undone if our society fails to take the necessary action to sustain life of all ecosystems.

Collaborative Research. Whereas many studies have assessed the ecological and socioeconomic effects of the GEP, they are mostly scattered, fragmented, short-term, and opportunistic. For example, although the GEP is concurrently implemented in many regions (Fig. 1), they are rarely discussed together. Little is known about its ecological and socioeconomic effects from the view of whole country. Therefore, the future successes of the GEP could benefit from a national network of collaborative research on ecosystem services, with a particular focus on the GEP. The network would coordinate and promote regional research, which usually focused on parts of Chinese grasslands areas due to limited scientific funds, on important questions from local to