The Convention on Biological Diversity Finds That About 40 Percent

question 52

Multiple Choice

The Convention on Biological Diversity finds that about 40 percent of the world's economy and 80 percent of the needs of the poor depend on biological resources, that is, biodiversity.This suggests that

• A) biodiversity is mostly important for the poor; those with sufficient money do not need it.
• B) biodiversity and its services are important only in certain parts of the world.
• C) biodiversity is vital to all people, but its loss is mostly the fault of the poor.
• D) biodiversity is vital to all people, and a loss in biodiversity would likely affect everyone.
• E) loss of biodiversity might cause loss of aesthetic benefits, but surviving species could make up economic losses.

Identify the role of capitalism, industrialism, surveillance, and control of means of violence as modern institutions described by Anthony Giddens.

Recognize the process of disembedding and reflexivity as key modern dynamics.

Analyze the positive and negative implications of modernity as perceived by classical and contemporary theorists.

Ascertain how modernity entails urbanization, expansion of formal rationality, and shifts towards a money economy.

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Definitions:

Lions Hunt

A cooperative behavior seen in lions, where members of a pride work together to stalk, chase, and bring down prey, highlighting their social nature.

Fitness Payoffs

The benefits to an organism's genetic contribution to the next generation resulting from a particular behavior or trait.

Nonreciprocal Altruism

Altruistic behavior where one individual benefits another without the expectation of the favor being returned.

Lions Hunt

A cooperative behavior exhibited by lions, primarily by the females of a pride, to strategically capture prey to feed the group.