maintaining ecosystems & biodiversity Flashcards

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threats to biodiversity (HIPPO)

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  • habitat destruction
  • invading species
  • population increase
  • pollution
  • overexploitation
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list 6 ways to reduce negative effects on ecosystems and biodiversity

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  • breeding programmes for endangered species
  • protection and regeneration of rare habitats
  • re-introducing field margins and hedgerows on farmland where monocultures are grown
  • reducing deforestation and co2 emissions by governments
  • recycling resources instead of dumping waste in landfill
  • cloning plant species
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3
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list 4 issues with maintaining biodiversity

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  • costs of programmes, money may be prioritised by governments for other things
  • effects on the local economy
  • protecting food security, organisms are seen as pests by farmers so are killed so more food produced but this can affect biodiversity
  • development of society, land with high biodiversity has to be used sometimes
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