conservation of ecoystems made simple

Question 1

what is the terai arc

Answer 1

• forest and grassland
• endanagered species
  
  • bengal tiger, asian elephant
• 7 million people
  
  • many dpeends on reasources

Question 2

What is the conflict is the terai arc and what is being done

Answer 2

• forest destroyed for housing and other develops
• destruction of habitats and brings human into closer contact with wildlife
• elephants trample crops, tigers kill livestock, increase chances of them getting blasted
• WWF
  
  • work with local people to balance their needs and conserving the wilflife
  • e.g. solar cookers. so dont need to use wood
  • farmers encouraged to prevent mint hedges around crops to keep animals, that don’t like the taste of mint, away

Question 3

WHat is the masai mara

Answer 3

• national reserve in Kenya
• grassland
  
  • home to wildebeest, zebras, lions, cheetahs

Question 4

What is the conflict in the Masai Mara

Answer 4

• earn a living by raising livestock, such as cattle
• bring conflict with conservationists
  
  • overgrazing can destroy grassland for wildlife
• conservation trust
  
  • work with MAasai people to help them kae money from their land through convservation and ecotorusim project rather than farming
  • and farm in a sustainable way
  • economic needs of people met, whilst still allowing the area to be convserved

Question 5

what are peat bogs

Answer 5

• upland UK home to peag bogs
  
  • area of wet peat
  • soter water and carbon dioxide
• home to many plants and animals,
  
  • e.g. Sphagnum moss, allows peat to store water better

Question 6

WHat is the conflict in peat bogs

Answer 6

• farmers use beat bogs to grze sheap and deer
  
  • leads to conflict with conservationist
  • overgrazing leads to loss of moss epecies, soil compaction (increases water run off) and general peat erosion#
• governement-funded programmes
  
  • e.g. environment Steqardship Scheme
  • gives farmers money to use peats in a sustanable way e.g.
    
    • measures to reduce water run off
    • lower livestock numbers that use peat bogs
    • remove livestock over winter

Question 7

what are the galapagos islands

Answer 7

• group of small island in the Pacific OCean
• many rare species of animals and plants have evolved that can’t be found anywhere elese
• attracted sailors. explorers, and sceientits
• number of inhabitants and toursit has increased recently

Question 8

what are the effects of human activities in the galapagos island

Answer 8

• non -native animals introduced
  
  • some eat some native species
  • decreased in poplation
  • e.g. dogs, cats, and black rats, eat young giant tortoises and galapagos land iguanas
  • goats have eaten much of the plant life
• non-native plants
  
  • compete
  • causing a decrease in populations
  • e.g. quine trees are toller and blcok out light

Question 9

What are the methods of control on the galapagos islands

Answer 9

• eradication programmes
  
  • remove wild goats from smaller islands
  • remove wild dog in largest islands
  • quine trees removed by herbiciedes and uprooting young tress
• tourist control
  
  • toursits follow rules
  • not bring live plants or ani,a;s onto island or moving them between islands
  • people are only allowed to visit in the company of a liscenced guide

Question 10

What are the effect of human activities in antarctica

Answer 10

• pollution
  
  • dumping sewage in sea
  • leaving rubbish
  • shipping accidents lead to oil spills
• hunting, whaling, fishing
  
  • reduce wildlife populations

Question 11

what are the methods of control in antarctica

Answer 11

• waste apart from food waste and sewage must be taken away by ship
  
  • many facilities treat sewage before releasing it
• ship that use thick oil as fuel are banned from anarctic waters
  
  • cause more damage and harder to clean up
• tourist restriction
  
  • only allowed to visit a few locations at certain times
• hunting and whaling banned
  
  • fishing continues

Question 12

what are the effects of human activies in lake district and snowdonia national parks

Answer 12

• erosion of footpaths
  
  • many tourist on trails
  • loss of soil from hillsides
  • ends up in waterways, distrubs pH
• paths become harder to walk on
  
  • people destroy vegetation
• rain fall in snowdonia
  
  • erosion of paths
  • walk around floods and destroy vegetation

Question 13

what are the methods of control in snowdonia and the lake district

Answer 13

• conservation charities
  
  • regular repaiur and maintenance
  • encourage regrowth of damage vegetation
  • walkers educated about important of sticking to paths
• snowdonia
  
  • volunteers dug drains next to paths