Overview
Description
Examination of cultural differences in environmental worldviews, attitudes, values, and beliefs toward natural resources with emphasis on their influence on resource use and management in the U.S.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Major in Rangeland Ecology & Management
NRES 100NRES 210
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
NRES 100 and NRES 210 or Major in Rangeland Ecology & Management.
Units
Lecture1
Catalog Details
Offering
Every Spring
Terms
spring
Core
CO10
Restrictions
Major in Rangeland Ecology & Management
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- describe how cultural differences in environmental worldviews, attitudes, beliefs and values can impact how ethnic and racial groups use and manage natural resources.
- identify cultural, historical, socioeconomic and political factors that have contributed to differences in worldviews, attitudes, beliefs and values as well as deterred, inhibited, or made more difficult the participation of racial and ethnic minorities in the use, conservation and management of natural resources.
- discuss how “traditional” or local ecological knowledge and perspectives of indigenous peoples can complement scientific knowledge and positively contribute to the conservation and management of natural resources.
- detail strategies that can be used to increase the participation of previously underrepresented groups in the conservation and management of natural resources.