Module 4: Biodiversity-Conservation agreements

Question 1

Local and international conservation agreements are required to …

Answer 1

ensure habitats and individual species are preserved

Question 2

The three main conservation agreements are …

Answer 2

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
The Rio Convention
The Countryside Stewardship Scheme

Question 3

At least once a year , the IUCN publish a …

What does this detail ?

What does this publication allow to happen between countries?

Answer 3

Red List

this details the current conservation status of threatened animals

It allows countries to work together to conserve these threatened species

Question 4

The IUCN was also involved in the establishment of …

Answer 4

CITES

Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species

Question 5

What does the CITES treaty regulate?

Answer 5

it regulates the international trade of wild plant/animal specimens and their products

Question 6

After a meeting(summit) in 1992 , what were the three new agreements between nations that were added to the Rio Convention?

What do all three of these agreements contribute to?

Answer 6

-The Convention on Biological Diversity
-The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
-The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

they all contribute to maintaining biodiversity

Question 7

Is the Countryside Stewardship Scheme a local or international agreement?

What did this scheme offer to farmers and other land managers?

Answer 7

local agreement

a governmental payment to enhance and preserve the English landscape

Question 8

Specific aims of the CSS included …

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Answer 8

-sustaining the diversity and beauty of the landscape
-improving , extending and creating wildlife habitats
-restoring neglected land
-conserving historical/archaeological features
-improving opportunities for countryside enjoyment