Blog number 2: In Class Questions and Activity

In Class Questions:
1) Can parks meet its dual mandate of access and protection?
Although this dual mandate is a very delicate balance to maintain, I do feel it is achievable.  To realize this goal many parks will have to limit the amount of access allowed to ensure there is a large amount of protection persisting. 

2) How can this be achieved in Wapusk?
Wapusk is a park which would require the opposite actions of most parks, they would need to allow some land to be allowed to be accessed by the public to meet the mandate.  I feel this could be done in a similar way to which the research camp is run; small areas would be allowed to be enclosed and used as a camp for tourists, although this camp would have finite area, it would meet the dual mandate. 


3) What future would you like to see for the Alberta Tar Sands project?
Based on the precautionary principle alone, the Tar Sands should be stopped entirely until proper testing has been done.  The Tar Sands are thought to have many adverse heath effects on humans and nature, and their production should be halted until they can ensure no harm will come from their activities. 


Activity:
ExxonMobil Philip Cooney view on Global Warming
This video displayed the hardships environmentalists face as many findings they believe should be public knowledge are censored by government.  I believe this is atrocious as the public has a right to know what is really happening to their environment, not a lessoned version the government allows them to see.  If people see the real facts I believe they would be more compelled to take an action to prevent these changes.  The government's methods of ensuring they have control of environmental changes actually impedes actions to aid the problem.