GE ELECT 1

COURSE PACK

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Authors: BAGBAG, ERNEL D.

Name: ________________________________________ BORLIO, JEVANNEL G.
FLORO, MERCEDITA E.
Course/Year Level/Set: __________________________ LAGARE, NICKEL JEAN S.
MOLINA, EDISON C.
HASAN, SABAR G.
TAGO-ON, VANESSA MHAE M.
 PEOPLE AND THE EARTH’S ECOSYSTEM
GE ELECT 1 - 3 units

IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT; CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENT

MODIFICATION ON HUMAN ACTIVITY.

COURSE OUTCOMES

At the end of the semester, you will be able to:

identify the key factors and drivers that are shaping our demand for
renewable resources, triggered by human overconsumption in
different sectors through in-depth research and journal reviews;

demonstrate understanding about the effects of the prolonged pattern

of overconsumption, which led to environmental degradation and the
eventual loss of resource bases;

recognize the important role of ecosystem services in rural

development in securing sustainable livelihoods by conducting
surveys in the locality;

construct opportunities to manage environmental services in order to

improve sustainability of development;

design programs that manage the human activities to avoid or

minimize its impacts to the ecosystem by constructing proposals that
address environmental concerns;

assess the environmental changes that cause unfavorable human

conditions;

conduct an environmental scanning through specific on-site

inspection and document review on the global environmental
condition; and

evaluate the mitigation and adaptation strategies of the local and

national government by measuring specific indicators that target
environmental protection and preservation.
 PRESSURES ON ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY

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Habitat Loss, Alteration and Fragmentation
Overexploitation
Invasive Species
Pollution
Climate Change

IMPACTS ON ECOLOGICAL SERVICES

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Provisioning Services
Regulating Services
Supporting Services
Cultural Services

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

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Changes to Habitats and the Density of Disease-related Organisms
Changes in Exposure Pathways
Genetic Alterations
Changes in Life Cycle of Vectors or Pathogens
Changing Species Composition

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, FOOD, AND NUTRITION

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Water and Sanitation
Natural Disasters
Population Displacement
CONSUMPTION
SECTORS
Lesson 1: Lesson 2: Lesson 3:
Agriculture and forestry Fishing and hunting Urban Industry

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Lesson 4:
Water Use
At the end of the module, YOU will
be able to:

categorize the social divisions in

the national level and local
context created by way in which
goods and services are
consumed;

identify the different consumption

sectors, which are affected by the
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human activities causing
exploitation of the natural Lesson 5:
resources; and Energy and Transport

design a possible human activity,

which could counteract the
negative impacts we caused to
the environment.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Some images, clip arts and diagrams

were not labeled as they were used only
for the purpose of enhancing the
aesthetic value of the presentation of
lessons and are not referred in the 29
discussions.
Module No. 1
GE ELECT 1 | People and the Earth’s Ecosystem 1