BIO 1000
THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

Start:  9/5 (9/7 in class)
On-line: 9/5 - 9/12
Wrap-up: 9/12
Work due:  9/12

What is the value of the Illinois River? Consider several ways in which the value might be determined and how competing valuations can be compared.

• How are values placed on resources?  (How can the forest be valued, economically?)
• How are values compared? (Cost-benefit analysis)
• What are the differences between tangible & intangible values?  (What are the tangible and intangible values of a river; what is the difference?)
• What is meant by "the commons"?  (Who can use the Illinois River; what can they use it for; what are there rights to use it?)  (Does a privately-owned water front property have any value as a common property?)

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• Ch. 10 (and also 11 & 24)

Recent news stories

• For Protesters, Keystone Pipeline Is Line In Tar Sand

• In Jobs Debate, GOP Targets 'Regulatory Burdens'

Interviews

• Determining economic value
  • Economist view  video | audio only
  • Business view  video | audio only
  • ...of intangibles  video | audio only
• What is common property and how is it treated?  video | audio only
• Environmental responsibility & business
  • responsibility  video | audio only
  • incentives  video | audio only

On-line resources:

• article: Environmental Ethics: Sustainability, Competition, and Forestry
• Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
• Forestnet.com (industry journals)
• About.com (a tree's value)
• Tree Values (ISA)
• Tree Appraisal
• Native Americans and the Environment: Forestry