COnservation and preservation

Question 1

What is conservation?

Answer 1

• maintanence of biodiversity through human action or managment
  
  • includes maintaining diversity between species or within species
• and maintenanc eof habitats

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Question 2

How does conservation involve sustainable development?

Answer 2

• management of ecosystems so that the natural resources in them can be used without running out
  
  • this is sustainable development

Question 3

What is the Forest Stewardship Council?

Answer 3

• ensures that forests are managed so that they provide a sustainable source of timber
• their mission is to promote socially beneficial, environmentally appropriate, and economically viable management of foress across the world

Question 4

WHat is reclamation?

Answer 4

• method of conservation
• process of restoring ecosystems that have been damanged or destryoed
  
  • e.g. by flood or new bulldings
• also inolves techniques such as controlled burning, which can halt succession and increase biodiversity
• dynamic and need to adapt to constant change

Question 5

What is preservation?

Answer 5

• protetion of an area by restricting or banning human interference, so that the ecosystem is kept in its original state

Question 6

When is preservation commonly used?

Answer 6

• when protecting archaeologically, or paleontologically, or ecologically sensitive resources
• can easily be damaged or destroyed by distrubances

Question 7

What are virgin caves? Why is there preservation impoortant?

Answer 7

• newly discovered caves
• limit visitation to manager or monitor
• contain sensity geological formation or unique ecosystem
• walking between caves can cause irreparable damage
• therefore only preservation is approprite to garuntee protection

Question 8

What are the arguments against preservation?

Answer 8

• what is the point of preserving the beautiful areas if no one can enjoy them
• resource cannot be used

Question 9

WHat are the categories of reasons for the importance of conservation>?

Answer 9

• economic
  
  • • social
  • • ethical
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Question 10

What are the economic reasons

Answer 10

provide resources needed to survive and provide income

Question 11

What are the social reasons

Answer 11

enjoy natural beauty of wild ecosystems

benefit health through relaxation and exercise

Question 12

What are the ethical reasons?

Answer 12

organisms have the right to exist

most play important role in ecosystem

we should not decide which organisms decide and which we could live without

moral responsibility for future generations co conserve the wide varierty of existing ecosystem