For millennia, humans have harnessed common resources - atmosphere, water, land, and biotic resources - to enrich and nurture their well-being with little regard for sustainability and stewardship of these precious resources . Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University, argues that as a result, we are now faced with serious degradation of ecosystem services. Given our current knowledge of how ecosystems operate and how human activities have altered ecosystem services, we need to develop strategies that restore these ecosystem services. These strategies can be developed to reduce catastrophic collapse of social-ecological systems in ways that enhance system resilience and lead to sustainability of ecosystem services. A select set of strategies will be explored to deal with ecosystem resilience relative to security of energy, food, and water resources. (#23501)
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Biology/Life Sciences
Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills
United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century
K-12 Educational Standards
Standards for Grade(s): 11
United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century
11.11 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society.
Standards for Grade(s): 9-12
Biology/Life Sciences
Ecology
6b. Students know how to analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in population size.
Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills
Historical Interpretation
5. Students analyze human modifications of landscapes and examine the resulting environmental policy issues.
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