Provide a venue and motivation for in-depth discussion of environmental systems topics of interest and importance to the class. Global concerns such as global warming, ozone depletion, acid precipitation, tropical rain forest removal, water pollution, and desertification. Tools used to understand and manage environmental systems. The scientific basis for ecosystem management. The various paradigms involving global ecosystem understanding and management.
International organization attempts at resolving global ecosystem conflict.
The roles of ethos, science, and reality in defining issues and management. Gain an awareness of the means of collecting global information. Understand types of global information systems. View and assess the role of computer processing in ecosystem management. Understand the value of adaptive management in understanding the effects of global ecosystem management efforts.