L4- Great Barrier Reef

Question 1

What are the two global strategies for protecting the Great Barrier Reef?

Answer 1

1) CITES

2) RAMSAR Wetlands

Question 2

What is the main aim of CITES?

Answer 2

• Lists all endangered species
• Aim- stop trade in products such as elephant ivory or handbags made from crocodile skins
• But is quite hard to manage so many conflicts but is a legal framework

Question 3

What are the 3 pillars for the RAMSAR wetlands?

Answer 3

1) Identify important erlangst and manage them
2) Wise use of wetlands- fishing/farming - needs to be sustainable
3) Co-operate with other counties if across a border

Question 4

How many counties protected the 196 million hectares of wetland habitat for RAMSAR wetlands ?

Answer 4

163 countries

Question 5

What are the three main factors/pillars to consider for a sustainable outcome?

Answer 5

• Environment - protects against degradation
• Economy - reducing poverty and helping locals make a living
• Social - improve local facilities that benefit the whole community

Question 6

Why is it difficult to get a sustainable outcome?

Answer 6

• Dual Pressures
• Climate Change -can make vulnerable sites more worse
• Stakeholders will conflict - environmental sustainability been reintroducing wolves and bears into America

Question 7

When was CITES signed and by how many countries was it adopted by?

Answer 7

-Signed in 1973 and adopted by 166 countries

Question 8

What Should be protected in Great Barrier Reef?

Answer 8

• hotspots
• location in poorer areas
• high profile species
• keystone species

Question 9

How many individual reefs are in the Great Barrier Reef?

Answer 9

-2900 individual reefs

Question 10

Give some examples of threatened species

Answer 10

• Dugongs
• Salt water crocodiles
• Six of the world’s seven species of marine turtles
  -Humpback whale, Minke whale, Killer whale,

Question 11

What is the worlds largest world heritage area?

Answer 11

-Marine Park

Question 12

How does the Marine Park work?

Answer 12

• ensures all human uses of the park are sustainable
• maintain ecosystem’s natural functions
• presenting the phenomenal wonder and natural values to the world .

Question 13

What does Bonn convection do?

Answer 13

-Conserve terrestrial, marine and migratory bird species

Question 14

What are the main threats to the Great Barrier Reef?

Answer 14

• Tourism
• Crown of thorn starfish
  -Highly destructive cyclones
  -Rise in the frequency and extent of coral bleaching caused by increasing peak summer temperatures

Question 15

What are dugongs hunted for?

Answer 15

• meat , oil, skin, bones
• medicine and decoration in Kenya
• Oil- aphrodisiacs &good luck charm in Indonesia
• Any get hit by ships and get tangled in fish nets

Question 16

What are the problems of CITES?

Answer 16

1) doesn’t help deal with habitat loss

2) ignores social poverty - E.g sustainability

Question 17

How much does the marine tourism industry generate annually?

Answer 17

$4.228 billion

Question 18

How many vessels( Large boats) operate in the marine park?

Answer 18

1500

Question 19

What does the zoning plan do?

Answer 19

• It separates conflicting issues.
• No fishing and collecting in the 33% of the marine park - marine park national status
• high uses areas have special plan of management e.g- Dugong Protection Plans

Question 20

About how much of the Great Barrier reef World heritage are is within the Great Barrier Reef marine park ?

Answer 20

99%