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3.00 Credits
Introduction to hazardous waste, toxic pollutants, and workplace exposures to industrial chemicals in the United States. Considers production, disposal, and tracking of various waste forms, federal and state policies regulating waste, and toxicity and human health databases. Analysis of case studies that illustrate how race, ethnicity, class, and gender affect risk of exposure to hazardous substances. Discussion of methods used to measure inequities and responses by governments and civil society to environmental justice claims. Case studies include Love Canal, "Cancer Alley," waste disposal on Native American lands, and exposure of U.S. farm workers to hazardous agricultural chemicals. Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 118. Four credit hours. U. CARLSON
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3.00 Credits
Concepts of conservation biology are examined in detail. Topics include patterns of diversity and rarity, sensitive habitats, extinction, captive propagation, preserve design, and reclamation of degraded or destroyed ecosystems. Interdisciplinary solutions to the challenges of protecting, maintaining, and restoring biological diversity are discussed. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: Biology 271 or Environmental Studies 118 and sophomore or higher standing. Four credit hours. COLE
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the politics of international environmental cooperation. Topics include negotiation of, compliance with, and effectiveness of international environmental treaties; sustainable development; trade and environment; international financial institutions; and the role of non-state actors. Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 118 or Government 131 (may be taken concurrently) or Economics 231. Four credit hours. I. ASHCRAFT
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3.00 Credits
Political, social, economic, and cultural issues in the conservation and management of endangered species. Topics include ecosystem management, laws and institutions, human-wildlife conflict, attitudes and ethics, community-based conservation, and complexity. Case studies and interdisciplinary methods and approaches used to conserve endangered species are introduced. Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 118 or Biology 271. Four credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
What do polar bears, oil companies, and subsistence farmers have in common The well-being of all, and of societies more broadly, is likely to be affected by an international agreement on climate change. Examines the politics of climate cooperation across global and local levels. Topics include the role of science and uncertainty, international climate cooperation and the Kyoto Protocol, national and municipal policies, and the role of non-state actors in shaping responses to climate change. Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 118 or Government 131. Four credit hours.
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4.00 Credits
Listed as Biology 352. Four credit hours. COLE
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3.00 Credits
Listed as Biology 357. Three credit hours. BEVIER
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3.00 Credits
The biological diversity and ecological relationships among the fauna and flora of selected tropical ecosystems in Belize. Qualitative and quantitative field investigations of the ecology of coral reefs and tropical rainforests, and the environmental challenges impacting these ecosystems. Identification of flora and vertebrate fauna indigenous to the area. The culture and environmental ethic of Kekchi and Mayan Indian villages. Lectures, films, and discussions of assigned readings during the first week will be followed by a 17-day field trip. Cost to be determined. Financial aid is available for qualified students. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructors. Three credit hours.
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4.00 Credits
Explores how interactions between multilateral institutions and the environment lead to collective understanding and beliefs about the nature of international environmental problems and their solutions. Topics include conflicts and synergies between the environment and international security, economic development, trade, and health. In-depth case studies draw on examples from the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and Environment Programme, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, as well as regional multilateral arrangements. Four credit hours. ASHCRAFT
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3.00 Credits
Provides an understanding of environmental issue negotiation and dispute resolution, which is essential to anyone involved in policymaking and analysis. Presents alternatives to conventional environmental policymaking processes, and includes an introduction to facilitation, mediation, alternative dispute resolution, and dispute systems design. Students participate in negotiation simulations and prepare case studies of U.S. and international environmental disputes. Prerequisite: Sophomore or higher standing. Four credit hours. ASHCRAFT
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