9:15 - 11:50 C Block Social and Environmental Sciences
12:30 - 3:05 B Block Legal Studies
C Block Social and Environmental Sciences -Today we're in the learning commons/library for your last day to work on your land use (terrestrial ecosystem) conflict poster project. Remember:
- Why is there a crisis over forested land in your area? What social and environmental factors do you think are contributing to the crisis? Does this forest have intrinsic value? What are common factors that go along with the land disputes, such as political instability, social unrest, economic downturn, heavy unemployment, civil warfare, etc.?
- Who are the “players” or "stakeholders" in this conflict? What are their motives and interests in the forest?
- What (and what type) is the forested land in question (Tropical rainforest; Sub-tropical forests; Mediterranean forest; Temperate forest; Temperate rainforest; Coniferous forest; Montane forest)? How large is the forested space, and how large is the area which it belongs to? Who and how many people use this forest and what do they use it for? Identify 10 dominant plants and 10 dominant animals of the forest. Are there any endangered or endemic species in this area?
- Where in the world and in the country and/or region is the forest? Identify the forest on a map, and highlight areas of the map involved in or affected by the issues in dispute (locations of villages, industries, crops, water sources, country/clan borders, etc.).
- How would the forest and its biodiversity be affected by different outcomes of the dispute (logging, mono culture, dams, agriculture, tourism, human development)? Has any group of humans successfully lived sustainably with the forest?
- How, if at all, would this forest conflict be resolved? What is the current state of the dispute, if it is ongoing? Are there forest products of economic value that preserve the integrity of the forest? What are solutions to the forest crisis? Can you come up with ways that would provide the basis for a forest-sharing plan?
Rondônia or Maranhão in the Brazilian Amazon
Ogun State in Nigeria
Vancouver Island or Haida Gwaii here in British Columbia
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, La Macarena, and San Lucas mountains, and in the regions of Tumaco and Catatumbo in Colombia
Mekong forests of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar
Chocó rainforest Ecuador
Khabarovski Krai and Primorski Krai in Siberian Taiga, Russia
Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia)
Menabe region of western Madagascar
B Block Legal Studies - Today we'll start with watching an episode of Law & Order. We'll watch "By Perjury" from season 19 (January 2009). A plaintiff in a class-action suit against an airline is murdered. Assistant District Attorney Cutter finds himself pitted against a lawyer whose manipulation of the legal system keeps letting him get away with murder, and Detective Lupo's mistake risks both the case and Cutter's life.
After this we'll identify what our fundamental freedoms are (section 2 a-d of the Charter). In partners I'll have you work on the R. v. Oakes (1986) case (discuss it in partners do not write the answers) which established the "Oakes Test" in Canadian law which allows reasonable limitations on rights and freedoms through legislation if it can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. We'll chat about it afterwards. Then, on your own, you'll need to complete questions 1-5 on page 40 of the All About Law text
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