In situ

Question 1

What is conservation in situ?

Answer 1

Carrying out active management to maintain the biodiversity in the natural environment

Question 2

What are wild reserves?

Answer 2

Designated areas established for the conservation if habitats and species

Question 3

How are reserves chosen?

Answer 3

• Comprehensiveness:
• Adequacy
• Representativeness

Question 4

How are reserves chosen to do with their comprehensiveness?

Answer 4

How many species are represented in the area and what are the prevailing environmental conditions?

Question 5

How are reserves chosen to do with their adequacy?

Answer 5

Is the area large enough to provide for the long-term survival of all the species, population and communities represented?

Question 6

How are reserves chosen to do with their representativeness?

Answer 6

is there a full range of diversity within each species and each set of environments under all conditions?

Question 7

Why do indigenous people need to be considered with wild reserves?

Answer 7

If the area is used for religious, spiritual or hunting activities

Question 8

What conflicts can come from wild reserves?

Answer 8

• Protected animals can come out of the reserve and raid crops, such as maize, mangos or sugar cane
• People continuing to hunt protected animals for food
• Illegal harvesting of plant products
• Tourist feeding protected animals or leaving litter

Question 9

What are national parks used for?

Answer 9

These are the most beautiful and valued landscapes which are areas of protected countryside so people can visit

Question 10

What are National Nature Reserves?

Answer 10

These have different types of vegetation to protect the environment and enable research and education

Question 11

What are Sites of Special Scientific Interests?

Answer 11

Wildlife and geological sites with some beautiful habitats and have a large biodiversity.

Question 12

Who usually run Local nature reserves?

Answer 12

County Wildlife trusts

Question 13

What are Marine conservation zones?

Answer 13

Places to conserve rare, threatened or representative species in the seas

Question 14

Why is repopulation used?

Answer 14

It can raise biodiversity, such as clearing away livestock to allow for plants to regrow

Question 15

What are the advantages of in situ conservation for the species?

Answer 15

They are in their own habitat
It protects their biodiversity and representative examples of the ecosystem
It helps maintain the ecological integrity
It may be possible to improve and restore the areas ecological integrity
It allows for significant elements of cultural heritage to be maintained

Question 16

What are the advantages of in situ conservation for humans?

Answer 16

It facilitates scientific research
It provides opportunities for ecologically stable land uses, including traditional outdoor heritage activities and associated economic benefits

Question 17

What are the disadvantages of in situ conservation?

Answer 17

Endangered habitats may be fractured and each small area may not be enough to ensure survival
Population may have lost too much of its genetic diversity
The dangers that caused it to be endangered may still be present
The area can become attractive to poachers and ecotourists, disturbing the species in it