Wildlife Preserves-part four

The renaming Act of Wildlife Refuge enlarged National Wildlife Refuge and permits oil and gas leasing in case of fitting and compatibility of extraction and resource purposes.

For leasing, US Congress authorization is necessary.

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Wildlife Preserves-part three

The Arctic Refuge with its territory, over 18 million acres is one of the largest territory.

This territory is managed under the surveillance of US Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior Department.

Artic Refuge is also the land of fight between politicans, hungry of oil profits and protecting environmental activists.

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Wildlife Preserves-part two

The blogpost goes on with Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was founded in 1960, expanded in 1980.

This is US largest wildlife system.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is placed in Northeastern Alaska.

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wildlife preserves-part one

The series of this posts are entaming the problem of how to protect US wildlife habitats, other aim will be to pick your curiousity about wildlife, preserving wildlife, give and expand your wildlife and national park vocabulary.

The blogposts will also give you resource book list.

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environmental psychology-part twelve

This post concludes the item. To conclude, we can emphasize the role of  Journal of Environmental Psychology, Canter has edited for 20 years.

Recently he finished his work related to Environmental Psychology and his attention turned towards the field of Criminology.

source:en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_psychology

environmental psychology-part eleven

Another Environmental Psychology derivation has developed out at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in 1960's.

The beginning of this development can be traced back to David Canter, who founded the Performance Research Unit. It is at that time that ergonomics has broadened.

After that time ergonomics was kean to include environmental issues, too.

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environmental psychology-part ten

GC-Cuny was the first American Academic Institution to offer an Environmental Psychology Phd.

Main problems detailed in this Phd degree are the experiences of recent homeless people, privatization of public space, socio-spatial conflicts, design of specialized environments(eg:museums, gardens, zoos).

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environmental psychology-part nine

There is a Masters Program at Prescott College. Sub-fields include environmental studies, environmental education, resource policy, ecology, botany.

Interested students can also take Environmental Psychology Phd Program at The Graduate Center.

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environmental psychology-part eight

There is another University offering Master Degree in this field, this is the Arizona State University.

You can acquire Master and/or Doctorate Degree in Environmental Psychology in Brigham Young University.

Degree Programs offer intensive ecology, conservation biology, botany, geography, environmental law and other subject studies.

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environmental psychology-part seven

Other environmental psychology courses are offered in UK universities.

There is a Master of Science Degree in Natural Resources and Environment in Michigan University. The program concentrates on "Behavior, Education and Communication". The main focus is on environmentally-related consumer decisions, also. Other interesting branch is the affectation of people's mental and physical health by "nearby nature".

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environmental psychology-part six

EPRG has the mission to make and gain better understanding of environmental and psychological space, excluding the space size. Social sciences, methodologies and psychology help this understanding.

Research happening in the above categories:

-sustainable development
-environmental risk
-architectural assesment
-environmental design
-environmental education
-environmental interpretation
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