Problem
Presumptuous management of the environment
Other Names:
Arrogant management of ecosystemsEnvironmentalism
Resourcism
Misconception of parkland as wilderness
Nature:
Environmental management tends to define natural systems as a resource base for human use thus failing to address the question as to whether humans have the wisdom to manage the natural systems by which they are sustained and by which they were engendered. This perspective is characterized by a strict conservation position that calls for a better management of present development practices so as to reduce adverse environmental impacts to a minimum. A technical approach to environmental problems is stressed. This approach lacks a historical perspective and does not see environmental work as a tool to produce historical changes. Relationships with other social initiatives is minimal and little attention is given to reflection on such questions. There is a tendency to deal with symptoms rather than with the causes of the problems addressed.
Broader Problems:
Inherent patriarchal distortion of planning Narrower Problems:
Lack of indigenous environmental rightsExclusion of women in environmental protection Aggravates:
Natural environment degradationSimplistic technical solutions to complex environmental problems Strategies:
Preserving wildernessEnsuring comprehensive system of protected areasNetworking biodiversity conservation initiativesProviding environmental assistance to developing countriesManaging the environmentBeing arrogantManaging ecosystems sustainablyPlanning for park use References:
Anderson, Walter Truett: To Govern Evolution: further adventures of the political animalLivingston, John: The Fallacy of Wildlife Conservation Subject(s):
Geography → EcologyGeography → Wild
Amenities → Parks
Management → Management
Environment → Environment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST