ANNOUNCEMENT.

Please note that all the readings for the class are currently being digitized by the Reference section of the University Library. The materials will be available on line after about 10 days time. Meanwhile, you need to read chapter 1 of the textbook for the next lecture. You may call or check the reference section of the Library to see if they have one of the 2 sets of readings I gave them. Use the review questions below to guide you in the reading.

Review Questions for 2^nd Week Lecture.

1. What do these terms and phrases mean in terms of natural resources management?

• “Resources are not, they become” Zimmerman (1951)
• natural resource
• instrumental value
• intrinsic value
• resource management
• resource scarcity

2. (A) What are the goals of resource management? Give 5 of them. (B) Citing examples from the goals of resource management, explain why conflicts often develop in resource management practice.

3. A natural resource (e.g. soil, a tree) provides several services that can be grouped under economical, ecological, spiritual, psychological and community services. Give two examples each of these services.

4. Argue for and against the idea that natural resource scarcity is good as well as bad for society

5. A) What is the value of natural resource such as soil or a tree? B) Can we buy and pay fully for the services a natural resource provides? Why or why not? C) Why are natural resources important to us?