In addition to this website evaluation, reflect carefully and candidly on the work you’ve done in this course and what you’ve learned. NOTE: this is not a week-by-week report, but a big-picture reflection on your efforts, on course content you engaged, on insights gained, and on growing edges. Reflecting and synthesizing new material is a vital academic skill that leads to further competency and growth.
Geography (Ver)
Do you believe that converting natural forest to plantations could actually be a conservation strategy? Environmentalists disagree about the role that plantations should play in global conservation. Plantations provide fewer ecosystem services than other forms of forest management, and tree growth is often promoted with fertilizer, herbicides, and prescribed fires.