Conservation Agreements

Question 1

International union for the conservation of nature

Answer 1

• at least once a year the IUCN publishes the red list detailing the current conservation status of threatened animals
• countries can then work together to conserve these species
• also involved in the establishment of the convention of international trade in endangered species
• this treaty regulates the international trade of wild plants and animal specimens and their products
• as the trade between wild animals and plants crosses borders between countries the effort to regulate it requires international cooperation to safeguard certain species from over - exploitation

Question 2

Rio convention

Answer 2

• the convention on biological diversity requires countries to develop national strategies for sustainable development thus ensuring the maintenance of biodiversity
• United Nations framework convention on climate change is an agreement between nations to take steps to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations within the atmosphere
• United Nations convention to combat desertification aims to prevent the transformation of fertile land into desert and reduce the effects of drought through programmes of international cooperation

Question 3

Countryside stewardship scheme

Answer 3

• scheme operated from 1991-2014 offered governmental payments to farmers and other land managers to enhance and conserve the English landscape
• general aim was to make conservation a part of normal farming and land management practise

Question 4

Specific aim of the scheme

Answer 4

• sustaining the beauty and diversity of the landscape
• improving extending and creating wildlife habitats
• restoring neglected land and conserving archaeological and historic feature
• improving opportunities for countryside enjoyment

This scheme has been replaced by the environmental stewardship scheme which operates similarly