Recent Trends in Protected Area Establishment Have Resulted from Growing

question 1

Multiple Choice

Recent trends in protected area establishment have resulted from growing evidence that ________.

• A) protected areas help to combat environmental degradation
• B) biodiversity is rapidly being lost
• C) environmental and societal health are connected
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Federal Trade Commission

A federal agency established to protect consumers and promote competition by preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices.

Price-Fixing

An illegal agreement among competitors to set prices at a certain level, rather than letting them be determined naturally by supply and demand.

Economic Efficiency

A state in which resources are allocated in a way that maximizes the production of goods and services at the lowest cost, while achieving the highest possible welfare or utility.

Negative Externalities

Costs experienced by third parties due to the actions of others that are not reflected in market prices.