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Karteikarten von Daniel Brookes, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Daniel Brookes
vor fast 7 Jahre
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| Frage | Antworten |
| What is conservation? | - Management of natural resources - Natural resources that can still be used, without them running out (social, economical and ethical) |
| Examples of social, economical and ethical factors | - Social = Attractions and activates - Economical = Drugs / food / clothes - Ethical = Morals / human activity |
| What's preservation? | - Keeping ecosystems the same, whilst protecting them -Nothing is removed from it |
| What's Sustainability? | - Ensure resources that are taken today, but without reducing the ability for people in the future for their needs |
| Ways of sustainability on land | - Small patches cut down - Coppicing (Cutting trees in a way to let them grow back) - Sticks for support and tubes to stop bugs (herbivory) - Native species, rather than non-native - Not planted close together; avoiding competition |
| Ways of sustainability on sea (overfishing) | - Mesh size of nets - International agreements (Common fisheries policy (in EU)) - Limited catch of species of fish because of fishing quotes; from scientific study (population size) |
| Examples of human activities on ecosystems | - Humans introduced non-native animals, killing the native ones (i.e. grey squirrel) - Non native plants compete with native plant species |
| How do we control the impacts of humans introducing non-native species | Eradication programs can be introduced / public follow set of rules |
| Examples of places affected by human activity | - The Galapagos islands - Antarctica - Lake district / Snowdonia national parks |
| What is meant by a dynamic process? | Something that is constantly changing (i.e. an ecosystem) |
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