This concept states that an individual’s basic need for drinking water takes precedence over another’s claim to use water for activities such as agriculture or grazing.
What is right of thirst
100
Local extinction or disappearance of a particular population from a given area, but not the entire species globally.
What is extirpation
100
The mechanical loss of topsoil.
What is erosion
200
This declaration argues that water is a fundamental human right, should be treated as a social and cultural good, and should not be commodified, privatized, or traded for commercial purposes.
What is Cochabamba Declaration
200
This event began between 6 and 14,000 years ago with the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna
What is Sixth Mass Extinction
200
A term indicating a mix of different crops on small plots of farmland.
What is polyculture
300
This declaration posits that water should be treated as an economic good.
What is Dublin Declaration
300
The total number of species in an area.
What is species richness
300
The term for the dramatic change in agricultural practices in the mid-20th century resulting in increased production yields via new technologies such as synthetic fertilizers and new crop varieties.
What is Green Revolution
400
John Snow’s insights into epidemiology and patterns of water usage in urban environments enabled him to figure out the means of transmission of this waterborne disease.
What is Cholera (John Snow and the Broad Street Pump (1854))
400
This once ubiquitously-used insecticide is no longer used in the United States due to its deleterious impact on bird populations.
What is DDT ** daily double if can name the two example bird species on the Channel Islands:
400
This act defines organics as foods produced without synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilizers, irradiation, industrial solvents, or synthetic food additives.
What is The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990
500
Law that lead to widespread chlorination of public water due to interstate common carriers (buses, trains, etc.).
What is Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards for Common Carriers, 1914
500
The term designating how many species cease to exist per year worldwide, independent of human action.
What is Background rate of extinctions
500
The world’s largest pumping station and the biggest single consumer of energy in California.