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A
problem may be defined as a perceived difference between
an existing and a desired state of affairs.
Ecological
problem solving conceives of
three facets of a problem:
social, biological and physical components of all difficult matters for us to solvem such as loss of forests.
This
kind of ecological problem solving always
starts with the ecological imagination and sees the physical,
biological, and social facets of the same problem.
Writing about problems should take this format.
So problem solving, involves knowing
how to describe conditions and use evidence to pursue more than one remedy,
hence several remedies simultaneously:
Atmospheric
pollution
Biological
diversity loss
Climate
Change solutions
Coastal storms
Commons,
what is one?
Demographic
explosion
Ecological
integrity, protection
Forest
ecology practices
Geochemical
cycles, disruption of
Habitat
loss
Interdependent
cycles
Judgment
about functional relationships, names
and systemic thinking.
The
goal of ecological problem solving is to better employ
means of protecting what we value from the unintended consequences of
the ways we alter our surroundings.
Protection
Value,
defined
Landscape
and values
Contrasting
views of value
Technology
and values
Technology
and politics.
Technology solves and creates problems.
Adaptive
management is the most recent in a series
of methods that describes how to think
about, plan for and evaluate the actions
or measures we take to protect
the ecological services that sustain our communities.
Because every ecological
problem has three features:
• Physical
data
geological
chemical
• Biological
data
• Social
data
geographical
inforamtion
demographical
information
economic
information
psychological
information
Ecological model
Ecological problem solving
history of science
What is a problem? | 3 facets diagram | examining another problem | use of the model
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