Treaties and Conventions

4/30/2014

Quiz over National Parks Pioneers

1. Captain Charles Young            a. fought and won humane treatment of
                                                                                     wild predators with scientific evidence. 
2. George Melendez Wright        b. saved Biscayne Bay from exploitation by
                                                                                                      oil refinery developers.
3. Lancelot Jones                         c. National Park's Service oldest ranger spent his life
                                                                                                      caring for San Gregorio de Abo Mission in New Mexico.
4. Federico Sisneros                    d. Japanese painter interred in a prison camp in
                                                                                                     Utah during WWII; recognized for
                                                                                                      Yosemite paintings
5. Chiura Obata                           e. born into slavery; third African American to graduate
                                                                                                     from West Point; led Buffalo Soldiers in protecting
                                                                                                     Yosemite before it was designated a National Park.

Introduction to Treaties and Conventions

Cornell notes and summarize.

In your opinion which has had more impact on conservation and preservation of the Environment, national acts or international treaties and conventions? Justify your answer with examples.