Self-Activity No.

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Name: Sanico, Raquel Dolar Date:September 29, 2020

Environment 1. It includes the set of natural, social and cultural morals and ethics
presented in a specific location at a precise period, which has impact in the existence of
the humankind and in the generations to take place.

(Man-made) Resources 2. These are materials from the natural environment that
people convert to produce other things.

Environmental Management 3. Administrative functions that expound, execute, and

observe the environmental guidelines and procedures of a firm in an attempt to manage
impact on the environment to protect and conserve natural resources.

Environmental Planning 4. A decision making process aimed to carry out development

in consideration to the natural environment, in general. Its goal is to create sustainable
outcomes while protecting and conserving natural resources.
Conservation and Preservation of Resources 5. The ethical allocation, usage, and
protection of indispensable resources in order to maintain the natural habitat for both
the present and future generations.

Environmental Management System (EMS) 6. “The part of the overall management

system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities,
practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing achieving
and reviewing the environmental policy.
Environmental Factors 7. Environmental resource management tries to identify factors
affected by conflicts that rise between meeting needs and protecting resources. It is thus linked
to environmental protection and
sustainability 8.

Government 9. It involves implementation of plans & observance of rules & legal

systems.
People 10.

Process 11.

Discipline 12. Environmental Management should involve these three concerns.

5th of June 13. When do we celebrate Environment Day?

Office for Environmental Concerns 14. It is a government department/ office that all
local government must have.
Environmental Management 15. It also is centered on the development of human
welfare for existing and future generations
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1. What is Environmental Management ?

Answer: A process that industries, companies, and individuals undertake to
regulate and protect the health of the natural world.

Environmental Resource Management?

Answer: is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies
on the environment.

Environmental Science?
Answer: an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological
and information sciences to the study of the environment and the solution of the
environmental problems.

2. What are the objectives/aims and processes of Environmental Management?

Answer : to improved human life quality,

3. What do you mean by:

a. human quality of life

Answer : “basic human needs”. human life quality depends on the physical and
psychological health or welfare of an individual or a society. Health and welfare in turn,
depend on the degree to which a person's or a society's respective environments satisfy

their needs .
b. human environment
Answer :the aggregate of all conditions and influences affecting the behavior and
development of humans as individuals and as societies". "Conditions and influences"
vary over time and space and, though often shared, are perceived and experienced
differently by each individual or society.

c. gamut of natural hazards

Answer : which have a great influence on how successful development efforts may be.
These phenomena are also the result of ecosystem structure and function.

5. What are the “values of natural goods and services?

Answer:
1.They may have economic, social or cultural value and are therefore considered to be
important to current development activities.
2.They may have a scientific value and are therefore of importance to future
development.
3.They may control ecosystem functioning and are therefore important to a sustainable
flow of a good or service.
6. explain “environmentally sound development. Answer : is "environmentally
sound" if it is "sustainable," if it does not "disturb the ecological balance," if it "causes no
environmental degradation," if it does not "surpass the carrying capacity of the natural
system," and if it "avoids the loss of long term natural productivity."

7. name some natural resources that are converted into man-made resources.
Answer: Natural Resources are:
1. Land ( soil, mountains, fields)
2. Air (oxygen, helium etc.)
3. Water ( oceans, sea, river, lake)
4. Plants (trees, forest)
5. Animals (goats, cows, etc.)

8. what are the areas that needed environmental management?

Answer:
1. Population increase and health services.
2. Treatment of pollutants (air, water and solid) generated from various sources.
3. Pollution level in air, water and soil.
4. Development of non-polluting renewable energy sources like wind, solar, biomass
etc.
5. Solid waste utilization through recycling.
6. Biodiversity Conservation.
7. Environmental awareness in society.

9. BUNOS QUESTION

10. List down Environmental problems and possible solutions to these.

Answer :
1. Waste Disposal – proper waste disposal like segregating the non-biodegradable
and biodegradable or composting.
2. Climate Change – avoid burning garbage, stop cutting trees, less transportation.
3. Pollution – avoid burning leaves, trash and any other plastic materials.
4. Over population – Family Planning and Improved Education of Women.
5. Natural Resource depletion – By the implementation of rules on logging and
mining

11. What are the five environmental sound development problems?

1. First, there is a problem of meeting the objectives of development.
2. Second, there is a problem of level of aggregation.
3. Third is a question of decision.
4. Fourth, there is a question of adequacy.
5. Fifth, there are problems of clarity and specificity.
12. What important entities created to combat such barriers and impediments on
environmental management?
Answer : Environmental Planning, Conservation and Reservation of Resources,
Environmental Status Evaluation, Environmental Legislative and Administration.

13. what is meant by “ whose environment is always relevant”?

Answer : sectoral activities use, improve, or conserve what comes to us from an
environment, decisions based on these sectoral interests are the cause of what have
been called "environmental problems."

14. What are the 5 present environmental problems of the earth?

Answer:
1. Pollution
2. Waste Disposal
3. Climate Change
4. Natural Resource Depletion
5. Over Population

15. Explain the concepts of Environmental Education.

Answer :
Environmental Education must involve everyone It is a responsibility for everyone -
government, industry, the media, educational institutions, community groups - as well as
individuals and it must be lifelong as we develop and apply better environmental
technologies, the ability of society and individuals to respond effectively also improves
then must be holistic and about connections in order to address environmental
challenges, people need to think broadly and understand systems, connections,
patterns and causes. The challenges themselves frequently have social, scientific,
cultural, economic and ethical aspects, all of which must be considered for their
effective management, next the Environmental Education must be practical and
Environmental Education must be harmony with social and economic goals and
accorded equal priority.

15. What are the 6 M’s in Environmental Management?

Answer:
1. Mankind
2. Money
3. Machine
4. Material
5. Methods
6. Market