September 1 and 3 Notes

Here are some of the notes taken in class

Measuring changes in an ecosystem. Well first of all, it's necessary to remember some of the biotic and abiotic factors that exist.

• Abiotic: climate, soil, water, light.
• Biotic: biomass, productivity, biodiversity, NPP, GPP.

Now, EIA, stands for Environmental Impact Assesment. The name says it all, is an assesment that measures the impact, it can be beneficial or controversial, of certain project in a certain place. The EIA, may help us:

• Identify the impact
• Estimate or predict an impact
• Asseses and limits the impact

Furthermore, we saw a little bit of history on class. For example, we saw what NEPA was. NEPA stands for National Environmental Policy Act, which was an act that was of United States created in 1969, which later was adopted by others.