You were recently hired as a natural resource manager. You boss comes to you wit

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You were recently hired as a natural resource manager. You boss comes to you with the following graph showing the ecological health of small habitat patches on the Y axis. She wants to restore some degraded habitat to improve the health of fish in the region, which are an important local resource. The graph also illust rates the network strength of organization working in the areas on the X axis. Strong networks are those in which the organizations are working well together. Weak networks, on the other hand, are characterized by distrust, conflict, and a lack of coordination among organizations. Your boss says she has limited funds and can only pay for tree plantings, nothing more. Your boss wants to do restoration work in area 1. Based on what you learned in the lectures and/or readings, which of the following might be sound replies. (Select all that apply. Wrong scores will be penalized but you cannot get an overall negative score.) ? Low High Quality of governance network OYou tell your boss that the money would be better spent in areas indicated by the number 2 in the graph You tell your boss that the money would be better spent in areas indicated by the number 3 in the graph You tell your boss that in order to be effective in area number one, you guys will need more resources (financial or human).

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Option first applies as The money would be better spent in areas indicated by the number 2 in th graph as it comes under high quality of governance work which will ultimately leads to making ecological quality high because there is better understanding between organisation to work.

Option third applies as to be effective in area number one more money and human being will be required because area 1 comes under low quality of government network where there is no coordination of work within the organisations and also this area comes under low ecological quality,therefore more money will be required.

Last option also applies that if we partner with a local non profit organisation that focuses on reducing conflict among natural resource users that will be ultimately leads to greater ecological stability and quality improvement.

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