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9 Environmental Ethics
Identify four natural conditions that you know.
9.4.1.3 Pressure
This is a factor that influences ecosystem processes that are linked to human actions.
Effects from past pressures have led to various cumulative impacts, including dam
construction and decisions on land use.
9.4.1.4 Risk
This is the probability that an action can lead to an adverse environmental event or
outcome.
9.4.1.5 Risk Class
This refers to the level of risk, including very high or very low with limits that can
be defined for each respective class.
9.4.1.6 Risk Management
This is a process that seeks to ascertain the environmental risks associated with a
particular event and ascertain the best ways for managing those risks in a way that is
suited for protecting people’s health and the environment. In addition, it factors
in the ecological, behavioral, economic, and legal factors of each option. Some
examples of risk management are determining the allowable amount of discharge
that a company can release, ascertaining the extent to which a hazardous waste
site can be cleaned, the establishment of national ambient air quality standards,
and ascertaining the allowable contamination levels in drinking water (Kosma et al.
2014).
How does risk management promote environmental conservation?
9 Environmental Ethics
Identify four natural conditions that you know.
9.4.1.3 Pressure
This is a factor that influences ecosystem processes that are linked to human actions.
Effects from past pressures have led to various cumulative impacts, including dam
construction and decisions on land use.
9.4.1.4 Risk
This is the probability that an action can lead to an adverse environmental event or
outcome.
9.4.1.5 Risk Class
This refers to the level of risk, including very high or very low with limits that can
be defined for each respective class.
9.4.1.6 Risk Management
This is a process that seeks to ascertain the environmental risks associated with a
particular event and ascertain the best ways for managing those risks in a way that is
suited for protecting people’s health and the environment. In addition, it factors
in the ecological, behavioral, economic, and legal factors of each option. Some
examples of risk management are determining the allowable amount of discharge
that a company can release, ascertaining the extent to which a hazardous waste
site can be cleaned, the establishment of national ambient air quality standards,
and ascertaining the allowable contamination levels in drinking water (Kosma et al.
2014).
How does risk management promote environmental conservation?