Environment Science
Environmental
resource management is the management of the interaction and impact of human
societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the
management of the environment itself. Environmental resources management aims
to ensure that ecosystem services are protected and maintained for future human
generations and also maintain ecosystem integrity by considering ethical,
economic, and scientific (ecological) variables. Environmental resource
management tries to identify factors affected by conflicts that arise between
meeting needs and protecting resources.] It is thus linked to environmental
protection, sustainability, integrated landscape management, natural resource
management, fisheries management, forest management, and wildlife management.
Environmental resource management is an issue of increasing concern, as reflected in its prevalence in several texts influencing global sociopolitical frameworks, such as the Brundtland Commission's Our Common Future,[3] which highlighted the integrated nature of the environment and international development and the Worldwatch Institute's annual State of the World reports.The environment determines the nature of people, animals, plants, and places around the Earth, affecting behavior, religion, culture and economic practices.