Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues 14th edition

ISBN:0073514462

ISBN13:9780073514468

Publisher:McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Authors:Shelley Jansky, James Bidlack, Thomas Easton

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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues 14 Edition TAKING SIDES: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues, Fourteenth EditionTable of ContentsClashing Views on Environmental Issues, Fourteenth EditionUnit 1 Environmental PhilosophyIssue 1. Is the Precautionary Principle a Sound Approach to Risk Analysis?YES: Nancy Myers, from “The Rise of the Precautionary Principle:A Social Movement Gathers Strength,” Multinational Monitor (September 2004)NO: Bernard D. Goldstein, from “The Precautionary Principle: Is It a Threat to Toxicological Science?” International Journal of Toxicology (January/February 2006)Nancy Myers, communications director for the Science and Environmental Health Network, argues that because the Precautionary Principle “makes sense of uncertainty,” it has gained broad international recognition as being crucial to environmental policy. Bernard D. Goldstein, professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh, argues that although the Precautionary Principle is potentially valuable, it poses a risk that scientific (particularly toxicological) risk assessment will be displaced to the detriment of public health, social justice, and the field of toxicology itself.Issue 2. Is Sustainable Development Compatible with Human Welfare?YES: Jeremy Rifkin, from “The European Dream: Building Sustainable Development in a Globally Connected World,” E Magazine (March/April 2005)NO: Ronald Bailey, from “Wilting Greens,” Reason (December 2002)Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, argues that Europeans pride themselves on their quality of life, and their emphasis on sustainable development promises to maintain that quality of life into the future. Environmental journalist Ronald Bailey states that sustainable development results in economic stagnation and threatens both the environment and the world’s poor. Issue 3. Should a Price Be Put on the Goods and Services Provided by the World’s Ecosystems?YES: John E. Losey and Mace Vaughan, from “The Economic Value of Ecological Services Provided by Insects,” BioScience (April 2006) NO: Marino Gatto and Giulio A. De Leo, from “Pricing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: The Never-Ending Story,” BioScience (April 2000) John E. Losey and Mace Vaughan argue that even conservative estimates of the value of the services provided by wild insects are enough to justify increased conservation efforts. They say that “everyone would benefit from the facilitation of the vital services these insects provide.” Professors of applied ecology Marino Gatto and Giulio A. De Leo contend that the pricing approach to valuing nature’s services is misleading because it falsely implies that only economic values matter.Unit 2 Principles Versus PoliticsIssue 4. Should North America’s Landscape Be Restored to Its Pre-Human State?YES: C. Josh Donlan, from “Restoring America’s Big, Wild Animals,” Scientific American (June 2007) NO: Dustin R. Rubenstein, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Paul W. Sherman, and Thomas A. Gavin, from “Pleistocene Park: Does Re-Wilding North America Represent Sound Conservation for the 21st Century?” Biological Conservation (vol. 132, 2006) C. Josh Donlan proposes that because the arrival of humans in the Americas some 13,000 years ago led to the extinction of numerous large animals (including camels, lions, and mammoths) with major effects on local ecosystems, restoring these animals (or their near-relatives from elsewhere in the world) holds the potential to restore health to these ecosystems. There would also be economic and cultural benefits. Dustin R. Rubenstein, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Paul W. Sherman, and Thomas A. Gavin argue that bringing African and Asian megafauna to North America is unlikely to restore pre-human ecosystem function and may threaten present species and eco
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