Need to memorize

• Convention on International trade and endangered species (CITES)- treaty that regulates and monitor plant and animal international trade
• Endangered species act- designed protect endangered species and their habitats
• Carbonic acid formula

  H20+CO2= H2CO3
• HIPPCO

  Habitat destruction

  Invasive species

  Population growth

  Pollution

  Climate change

  Over exploitation
• Kyoto Protocol- created by the United Nations to reduce the effects of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions
• Montreal Protocol- a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances
• Paris Agreement- It deals with greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation. The goal is to keep global temperature rise below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while each country determines its own plans to mitigate global warming
• Delany Clause- prohibits the Food and Drug Administration from approving any food additives found to cause cancer in animals or humans
• Percent change- new value-original value / original value x 100
• Net Primary Productivity- gross primary productivity- respiration loss
• Percent growth rate of a country- (CBR-CDR)/10
• Doubling time/rule of 70- 70/(r) growth rate %
• Clean Water Act (1972)- regulate discharge of pollutants- funded construction of sewage treatment plants
• Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)- Set national standards for drinking water- protect sources of drinking water
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)- monitors the transport of hazardous waste from cradle to grave; from when it is manufactured until it is disposed of
• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)- creates a superfund to finance the clean up of hazardous waste sites and compensates people who have been physically or economically harmed by the waste