1. What were the problems in the Pacific halibut fishery, and how were they resolved? 
2. Under what conditions will a natural area receive protection?
3. Compare the concept of ecosystem capital with that of natural resources. What do the two reveal about values?
4. Compare and contrast the terms conservation and preservation.
5. Differentiate between consumptive use and productive use. Give exs of each.
6. What does maximum sustainable yield mean? What factors complicate its application?
7. What is the tragedy of the commons? Give an ex of a common pool resource and how it can be mistreated. How can such resources be protected?
8. When are restoration efforts needed? Describe efforts under way to restore the Everglades.
9. Describe some of the findings of the most recent FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment. In particular, what roles do forests play in climate change?
10. Compare and contrast even-age and uneven-age management.
1. What are several principles of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative?
11. What is deforestation, and what factors are primarily responsible for deforestation of the tropics? Describe some encouraging trends in forest management in the developing countries.
12. What is the global pattern of exploitation of fisheries? Compare the capture fisheries with the aquaculture yield.
13. describe the objectives of the Magnuson Act and the Sustainable Fisheries Act.
14. How does the New England fishery exhibit the worst problems of exploitation? What could fix this situation?
15. What two countries are pressuring the IWC to reopen commercial whaling, and what is their rationale for resuming the killing?
16. How are coral reefs and mangroves being threatened, and how is this destruction linked to other environmental problems?
17. Contrast the different levels of ecosystem protection given to the different categories of federal lands in the United States.
18. Describe the progression of the management of our national forests during the last half century. What are two current issues, and how are they being resolved?
19. How do land trusts work, and what roles do they play in preserving natural lands?
20. What incentives and assistance could the United States offer Brazil or African countries to keep their tropical rain forests from further harm due to conversion?