Geography Flashcards
Land cover change
Removing land, cover for agriculture, the expansion of urban centres
Biodiversity loss, main cause
Refers to the decline or disappearance of biological diversity
-Biodiversity the variety of living things in different levels of biological organisations, the respective genetic variability
- Climate, change pollution, habitat destruction, invasive species
Since 1970 more than 68% of global biodiversity decreased
Ecosystems
Hi Joe, graphic area where the plants, animals and other organisms as well as weather and landscape work together to form a bubble of life
What percentage of earth species do the tropical rainforest consist and how much does it cover?
-Covers 6%
- 50-90% of world species
What does ecosystems provide us
Medicine less than 1% of the rainforest plants have been tested
Food diversity- coco beans
Climate ecosystem services
Tropical rainforest regulate global climate systems by acting as heat water pumps releases moisture to atmosphere, which return to the ground as rain as cycle. Disrupts temperature increases, droughts,eventually does it spell form?
Factors affecting deforestation
Growth in population in countries, Indonesia, and Brazil
Increase in world, wild demand for hardwood has put a greater strain on rainforests
Palm oil plantations in Indonesia
Mining
Climate change, drying out, tropical rainforest, causing wildfires
Tree strategy
Teach, restore, encourage, establish, support
Well-being definition
The ability of people to have access to the things they need in your to live happy, healthy and content of
Primary requirements and secondary
Primary requirements , freshwater, secure food, supply shelter, clothing, safety
Secondary requirements, good health ability to make decent living access to education
Way to measure well-being
Health education wealth
LEDC and MEDC
(LEss economically developed countries) Indicator of the health care system for example if country has one doctor with more than 1000 people low life expectancy is expected and high infant mortality rate
(More economically developed countries)- Singapore, Country with more money to invest to services as they have higher GDP and faceless, social and economical issues