What Is Ecosystem-Based Management

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is ecosystem-based management?

• A) utilizing local ecosystems to better serve human needs
• B) prioritizing the natural environment over human needs, assuming most human needs can be accomplished through a stable and healthy ecosystem
• C) a shift in emphasis toward principles of protecting habitat and maintaining biological diversity
• D) the process of restoring ecosystems that had been previously damaged by earlier policy decisions

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Definitions:

Recession

A significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, typically visible in real GDP, income, employment, and other indicators.

Investment

The allocation of resources, such as capital or time, into something with the expectation of generating income or profit in the future.

Consumption

The action of using goods and services for personal needs or wants.

Annual Variations

Fluctuations in economic indicators or values that occur on a yearly basis due to various factors such as seasonal patterns or cyclical trends.