Reading Log
What does the AZE stand for, and what is their mission?
Alliance for Zero Extinction.
Mission: to identify, protect, and conserve key sites that are the last remaining refuges species that are Endangered or Critically Endangered
What does CPR stand for?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
What are the four ecological philosophies mentioned in lecture/discussion?
Anthropocentrism, Biocentrism, Ecocentrism, and Stewardship
What is a keystone species?
A species that is critical to an ecosystem such that it if were removed, the ecosystem would change drastically.
What percent of the population of endangered, critically endangered, and site-endemic species does the AZE represent?
95%
What is the medical term for a heart attack?
Myocardial Infarction
What does the term “intrinsic value” mean in conservation ethics?
The idea that all species have value simply because they exist, regardless of human use.
There are four types of stochastic factors, name at least two:
1. Genetic
2. Demographic
3. Environmental
4. Catastrophe
What did Jachowski and Kesler mean when they compared Bottrill's current models of conservation triage to “carnage” on 19th century battlefields?
Critically injured are left to die, while less critical are saved (applies to conservation of animals and ecosystems).
What device delivers an electric shock to restore normal heart rhythm?
Defibrillator
Critics argue that conservation triage violates which core principle of conservation biology?
The belief that extinction should never be acceptable or intentionally allowed.
What human developments/systems/tools drove passenger pigeons to extinction?
- the railroad
- market hunting
- stool pigeons
Allowing species to go extinct is contrary to which key concept of conservation?
Intrinsic Value of Species
What specific location in the ER are critically ill and injured patients taken to?
Trauma Bay
Supporters of triage claim that ignoring cost and success probability is ethically irresponsible because it wastes what?
Already limited conservation resources.
What is the "pristine nature" fallacy?
(bonus: what environmental ethic does it fall under?)
The incorrect belief that "real" nature is untouched, pure, and unspoiled by humans. This was also used as justification for colonists to push westward in the 1800s, despite people already being there.
“To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering” in reference to conservation efforts?
Aldo Leopold
During a mass casualty incident, a patient who has no pulse and is not breathing despite resuscitation efforts would be classified under which triage color code?
Black (deceased)
In conservation triage, deciding which species to let go can create what kind of moral burden for scientists and policymakers?
A moral dilemma or ethical burden of deciding who lives and who dies.
Name at least 4/7 pillars of the North American Wildlife Model:
1.Wildlife as a public trust
2. Elimination of markets for game
3. Allocation of wildlife by law
4. Killing wildlife only for a legitimate purpose
5. Wildlife as an international resource
6. Science-based wildlife policy
7. Democracy of hunting