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Case Study: Recently, a controversy erupted over the efforts of the state of Maryland to rid the Chesapeake Bay area of a large and growing population of non-native swan. The swan was said to be of European origin. The report did not say how or when the swan arrived in the area. However, it was clear that they have adapted very well. Their population has increased greatly, and they are said to be putting pressure on the local ecosystem, which is the reason the state embarked on the program to rid the area of the swan. The chosen elimination approach involves inducing successive reproductive failure in the birds by coating their eggs with cooking oil. The oil ensures that the eggs can't breath, which ensures that they will not hatch. While everyone agrees that the elimination approach is very humane, not everyone is happy with the elimination program itself. Most environmental organizations in the area are very supportive of the state on this issue. However, one organization is very upset with the program. Their spokesperson claims that its analysis of the state's data showed that the swan has adapted very well to the area, and that the bird has shown no significant impact on the local ecosystem.

 

Question:

a) Describe TWO environmental worldviews that could be the basis for those environmentalists who supported the state on the issue.

b) Explain TWO other worldviews that cold be the basis of the opponents' position.

c) Explain why is it possible for the two analysts to arrive at very different conclusions even though they were logically examining the same data set.