Chapter 2 Vocab

3. Services Resources or services provided by environmental systems.
7. Development A real increase in well-being and standard of life for the average person that can be maintained over the long term without degrading the environment or compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
11. Development Goals Global goals that include eliminating the most severe poverty and hunger; promoting health, education, and gender equality; providing safe water and clean energy; and preserving biodiversity.
13. A philosophy that emphasizes the fundamental right of living organisms to exist and to pursue their own ends.
14. Environmentalism A definition of species that depends on evolutionary relationships

1. Conservation The philosophy that resources should be used for the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time.
2. Gases A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere
4. Ecological, social, and economic systems that can last over the long term
5. People descendants of the original inhabitants of a land or region who occupied it before it was colonized or invaded by other groups, and who maintain distinct cultural, social, economic, and political institutions and a strong connection to their territories
6. Environmentalism the worldwide awareness of environmental issues and the coordinated effort to protect the global environment from human impact, driven by the understanding that actions in one part of the world can affect others
8. Science The systematic, scientific study of our environment as well as our role in it.
9. Indicators A series of measurements that indicate the status of wellbeing in a country
10. Development Goals A program who’s targets include an end to poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equity, child health, maternal health, combating of HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, and global cooperation in development efforts
12. The flow of energy and/or matter into and out of a system