Question 1: What kind of labels are listed here? Why?

The listed kind of labels in the given link are labels that are given as an award to companies
that involve in the activity of protecting and safeguarding the biodiversity. These labels are
genuinely important since information is provided to consumers regarding the product
which they are purchasing weather it is produced in the way protecting the natural
enviroment or not. Those labels listed are trusted and trustworthy according to the Earth
Institute of Colombia University includes; LIFE Institute, Japanese Agricultural Organic
Standard (JAS), International Organic and Natural Cosmetics Corporation BDIH Standard,
etc.

Question 2: How do your consumer (buying) choices affect biodiversity?

There are several ways that my consumer purchasing behavior can affect the biodiversity.
Since in the free-market era demand and supply are the main key factors that affect
production of a given company product. If I have the information regarding the production
habit of the companies related to biodiversity it has direct relation with my purchasing
decision. If the company has good culture and goodwill regarding their production system
in relation to the biodiversity it will best for them since they will have loyal and additional
customers for their products. Companies that give more concern to environmental
diversity will be my first and most choice to buy products.

Question 3: Pick one of these methods that you feel would be usable in YOUR
city/village/town. How? Explain.

Since I am living in a developing country – Ethiopia, where agriculture is backbone of the

economy and most of the population is farmer involve in the production of agricultural
products that will be source of food for most people, main source for country’s export and
provide input material for most of local industry’s operate in the country. Accordingly
Fairtrade International is more useful to my village, because it give more leveraging
advantage for farmers in their export products, the reason I support this method because it
gives farmers to decide on their products to sell at a negotiable price with out the
involvement of those fake and selfish brokers and agencies between buyer and seller of the
given product.

Question 4: One or two sentences or your own personal reflection on something you
learned this week.

I learn important points in week 4 of my learning at UOP, I learn how consumer purchasing
choice affect the biodiversity, institutes involved in the protection of environmental
biodiversity etc.

Question 5: How is the class going so far for you?

I am enjoying the class and earning a lower of knowledge and including practical results
and research’s from different institutions are helping me a lot.
Reference

Cho, R. (2011). What You Can Do to Protect Biodiversity. Blogs.ei.columbia.edu. Retrieved

22 February 2017, from http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/30/what-you-can-do-to-
protect-biodiversity/