apes vocab

externality

A side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the cost...

open ranged laws

All unclosed lands outside of the cities, village, and herd districts, upon which cattle by custom, license, lease, or permit, are grazed or permitted to roam.

denude

Strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets; make bare.

conservation ethic

The conservation ethic is an ethic of resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection. http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/c/conservation_ethic.htm

eminent domain

The right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.

tree stand

Tree stands or deer stands are open or enclosed platforms used by hunters. The platforms are secured to trees in order to elevate the hunter and give him or her a better vantage point. A tripod stand is a similar device, but because it is freestanding rather than attached to a tree, it is not technically a tree stand.

ungulate

Ungulates are several groups of mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. The term means, roughly, "being hoofed" or "hoofed animal"

SLOSS debate

a debate in ecology and conservation biology during the 1970s and 1980s as to whether a single large or several small (SLOSS) reserves were a superior means of conserving biodiversity in a fragmented habitat. http://endangeredspecies.about.com/od/endangeredspeciesconflicts/p/The-Sloss-Debate.htm

tree sit

a form of environmentalist civil disobedience in which a protester sits in a tree to prevent deforestation!

zoning

a planning tool to separate industry & business from residential neighborhoods designating parcels of land for particular types of use

land use law

all laws and regulations that influence/affect the conservation/development of land.

closed-range law

created stock-law areas, prohibiting cattle by statue or ordinance from running at large

Kyoto Protocol

the Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012. sets binding obligations on industrialised countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.