20 Questions
What percentage of Canada's mammal populations have fallen in the last 50 years?
60%
Which animal species is approaching extinction due to environmental factors in Canada?
Leatherback Sea Turtles
What percentage of Canada's tree cover has been lost due to deforestation since 2001?
12%
How many birds are left in Canada's native grasslands compared to 1970?
Four times less
What percentage of tree cover loss in Canada was due to wildfires in 2013?
71%
Which factor contributes to 50% of tree loss in the top 3 areas of BC, Quebec, and Ontario?
Consumption
What is the main environmental concern associated with overpopulation according to the text?
Resource demand and environmental degradation
Which group is mentioned as having a lifestyle of overconsumption of resources leading to environmental degradation?
Developed countries
What percentage of the world's pollution and waste is generated by developed countries according to the text?
75%
In which regions do the top 3 areas contributing to 50% of tree loss (BC, Quebec, and Ontario) lie?
Canada
What concept is used to refer to the degree of difficulty in defining causal linkages of an event as well as determining the boundaries of their effects for management purposes?
Complexity
In the context of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, what was the capacity increase planned to be by increasing capacity to 890,000 barrels/day?
300,000 barrels/day
Which government's approval was federal approval granted for the Trans Mountain Pipeline in 2016?
Liberal Government
What response did Alberta provide in retaliation to BC's challenge in 2018 regarding the Trans Mountain Pipeline?
Cancelled electricity purchase from BC
Which term refers to the process of managing areas at various scales to preserve ecosystem services and biological resources while sustaining human uses and livelihood options?
Sustainable development
What concept is addressed by the Ecological Footprint developed by Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees?
Estimating the total productive land and water needed to sustain human activities
What does the term 'ecological overshoot' refer to in the context of ecological footprints?
When a country's per capita Ecological Footprint exceeds its available resources
What is the significance of India's per capita Ecological Footprint being 0.9 hectares?
India's sustainable use of natural resources
What does the Environmentalist's Paradox aim to untangle?
Why human well-being is improving even as natural ecosystems degrade
What is highlighted as the main concern regarding the balance between healthy ecosystems and basic human needs?
The need to ensure sustainability for future generations
Test your knowledge of ecological footprints, consumption, and sustainability with this quiz. Topics include freshwater consumption rankings, electricity usage, productive land, and the concept of ecological overshoot.
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