Environmental report

Environmental ReportTASK 1 Word length: 1,500 (excluding abstract/executive summary, references, and appendices) BACKGROUND An important aspect of environmental management is the ability to write a report which identifies scientific and environmental issues, the stakeholders involved, existing conditions, compounding factors, and potential outcomes of decisions made.This assignment aims to develop your environmental analysis and report writing skills through the use of independent research and assessment of environmental management, monitoring and planning strategies. REPORT TASK You are required to write an environmental report which focuses on the reduction of the Ecological Footprint (EF) of any allocated University Faculty (Arts, Science, Human Sciences or Business and Economics). Specifically, you will utilise the online campus eco-footprinting calculator to aid you in creating and evaluating possible environmental management scenarios for this Faculty. Your report will outline your recommended sustainability strategy in order for this Faculty to assist The University in achieving its goal of ?One planet by 2030?. This will involve presenting arguments for why you choose the presented strategy, compared to other options (scenarios) you have explored using the online calculator ? the argument should consider social, economic and environmental implications of your strategy. A scientific report is a structured presentation of information arranged and interpreted for a particular purpose. Reports follow a theme or line of argument through the provision of fact-based information, analysis of data and/or the making of recommendations. For this assignment you will need to write a report which provides information on the background of the environmental issue (ecological overshoot, increasing population and so on), a brief overview, justification and evaluation of your scenarios and how your recommended strategy (2 or 3 scenarios) will be implemented. In this report you will need to discuss some of the factors that affect the Faculty and evaluate these critically. A report which simply provides an array of data is inadequate, unless it addresses a purpose, provides relevant information and interprets that information for the target audience. TASK 2 Word length: 500 words (excluding references) Write a short reflection that justifies the strategy you argue for in your environmental report. Put yourself in the position of a decision maker (for example, a Faculty Manager): How would you evaluate the evidence you have given in your report? How does your report account for the multiple perspectives of stakeholders and scientific evidence? This reflection should be submitted at the end of your report under a clear subheading (for example, 'Reflection').