Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Environmental Services - Are They Viable Options For Farmers and Ranchers?

By Angela Gymmy


The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is the US government's leading agency accountable for conducting studies focused on basic-science, disease-oriented research, global environmental health, clinical research, and multidisciplinary training for researchers.

Environmental issues articles are concerned about climate change, environmental degradation, pollution, resource depletion, and the likes. Through science and the application of the scientific method, more and more individuals have an increased level of understanding about Mother Earth. A multi-disciplinary academic study known as environmental science is now being researched and taught in various universities around the globe. This study serves as basis in dealing with issues on the environment.

Environmental issues articles are mostly reports made from the collection of large amounts of data and are mostly issued at the international, national, and regional levels government and non-government organizations. The United Nations Environment Program which was set up in 1972 is the largest international agency that addresses these types of issues.

Consequently, there aren't any markets that occur naturally for environmental services. However, if environmental services could be sold along the same lines as other commodities then ranchers and farmers would undoubtedly invest more of their time and resources to better maintain their woodlots, wildlife habitats, and wetlands. And they would be less prone to turning this land into cropland or grazing land.

The primary function of the COHH program is to provide linkages between people in ocean sciences and biomedical communities in the hopes of supporting interdisciplinary studies in locations where thorough understanding of marine processes and ecosystems harbor the possibility to reduce public health risks.

Some articles about environmental issues also focus on conservation. Typical points of discussion include species extinction, coral bleaching, invasive species, endangered species, pollinator decline, Holocene extinction, and poaching. Conservation's primary focus is to maintain the overall health of the natural world that includes biological diversity, habitats, and fisheries.

By their very nature environmental services are difficult to observe. For example, how do you determine the nutrient filtering capacities of wetlands? Or how can you determine the sequestration of greenhouse gases by adopting conservation tillage? Such uncertainty vis--vis the quality and quantity of services that farmers and ranchers can produce are common problems that will have to be overcome before economically viable environmental service systems can be put into place.




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