Rationale for wildlife conservation Flashcards
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Knowledge and understanding
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Study wildlife to learn useful information about why conservation is important and how to make conservation strategies
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Human behaviour
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studying wildlife, particularly apes, to learn human sociology
3
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Interdependence of life on earth
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Understand how everything living on earth depends on everything else and how we fit in
4
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Biomimetics
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Study of wildlife in order to improve technology, engineering in particular
5
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Aesthetics and recreation
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Seeing wildlife increases human quality of life, so zoos ect are built, creation economic benefits
6
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Morals
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Everything has a right to live. Debatable when parasitic worms, mosquitoes ect are concerned
7
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Ethics
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Why should (LEDC’s) have to change their culture (bushmeat) for conservation?
8
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Economy
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Medical benefits (aspirin from tree bark) Domesticated crops/livestock New food resources Protection of the wild gene pool Pest control Material resources (timber, cosmetics)
