Global Environmental Protection

Which of the following is NOT a part of the environment?

• The built environment

• Ecosystems

• Heritage value of places

• Social and economic characteristics of physical resources

What is global environmental protection?

• The right to a safe, sustainable and healthy environment for all generations

• Nation states ratifying and enacting international environmental law and responding to domestic environmental issues

• Global efforts, both legal and non-legal, to protect the global environment, to respond to environmental issues of universal concern and to ensure the world can support the human population on an indefinite basis

• Ensuring that loss of habitat, resource depletion, climate change and loss of biodiversity are addressed

What impact did colonialism have on GEP?

• It led to significant environmental damage and impacted the ability of colonised countries to economically develop and legislate for environmental laws

• It established nation states that do not have shared values and ethics

• It provided European nations with a significant amount of resources for their own development

• It provided infrastructure and the rule of law to colonised areas through which environmental laws could more easily be developed

What led to the first recognition of the need to protect the environment?

• The counter-culture movement

• The Industrial Revolution

• Colonisation

• Globalisation

Which of the following statements is accurate?

• Globalisation has been a positive force for GEP as it has enabled nation states to cooperate in response to global environmental issues

• Globalisation has been a positive force for GEP as it has led to responsible TNCs respecting the environment in developing nations

• Globalisation has been a negative force for GEP as it hinders the ability of nation states to cooperate on environmental matters

• Globalisation has been a negative force for GEP as it has enabled TNCs to more easily exploit the environment in developing nations

Which of the following best reflects the global nature of environmental issues?

• Japan's whaling activities

• Deforestation due to the palm oil industry

• The hole in the ozone layer

• Extreme pollution in China

Early domestic legislation in relation to the environment focused on

• Ecologically-sustainable development

• Resource sustainability

• Protected species

• Pollution

What is NOT going to be an impact of declining non-renewable resources?

• Conflict and war

• A lack of willpower to develop renewable energy

• Environmental degradation

• Mass death in developing nations

What resource is most likely to lead to conflict in the 21st century?

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Agriculture

• Water

Which of the following is NOT why GEP is needed?

• Resource depletion, climate change, economic prosperity, loss of habitat

• Environmental refugees, economic decline, mass death and conflict

• Climate change, loss of biodiversity, environmental refugees and resource depletion

• The hole in the ozone layer, Japan's over-fishing, food sustainability and climate change