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SUSTAINABLE LIVING SYSTEMS Flashcards

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purifying water and air, pollinating crops, stabilizing soil, cycling critical nutrients

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ecosystem services

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Ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time; ability to reduce personal and societal negative impacts

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sustainability

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Food, fiber & fuel, genetic resources, biochemicals, fresh water, and habitat

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provisioning services

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Spiritual values, knowledge systems, education & inspiration, recreation & aesthetic values

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cultural services

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Invasion resistance, pollination, seed dispersal, climate regulation, natural hazard protection, erosion regulation, water purification

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regulating services

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Primary production, provision of habitat, nutrient cycling, soil formation/retention, production of atmospheric oxygen, water cycling

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supporting services

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causes of biodiversity loss

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population growth, habitat loss, invasive alien species, environmental pollution, climate change

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effects of biodiversity loss

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food security, energy security, unavailability of clean water

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WAYS OF CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY

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Species protection and conservation & Habitat protection and conservation,

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law on species protection and conservation

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Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act (RA 9147 of 2001)

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a protected area is a clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values

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IUCN

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National legislation

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NIPAST Act of 1992: National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992

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International Criteria to Identify Areas for Biodiversity Conservation

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  • contained unique and rare habitats
  • included fragile and sensitive habitats
  • important for ecological integrity
  • representative of all habitats
  • presence of species of conservation concern
  • occurrence of restricted range species
  • species richness
  • areas with importance for life history stages
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how many protected areas in PH

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559

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categories of protected areas – strict nature reserves, natural parks, natural monuments, wildlife sanctuary, protected landscapes and seas, resource reserve

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NIPAS ACT

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effective management of PAs

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  • Onsite conservation
  • Restoration activities
  • Monitoring and enforcement
  • forego certain land uses to improve effectiveness of protected area management
  • Requires sufficient funding and community support
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activities in pa management

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  • Demarcation and patrolling of boundaries
  • Capacity building of staff
  • Purchase of necessary equipment
  • Information and education campaign
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Activities directly related to ecosystem services

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  • Reforestation, watershed protection, and carbon sequestration
  • Monitoring and protection of species and
  • For nature-based recreation, visitor monitoring and trail maintenance
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challenges to bio conservation

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  • short of funding
  • lack of local support
  • lack of awareness
  • neglected in decision making
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Why protect natural resources?

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provide ecosystem services essential to human life

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major approach for biodiversity conservation ->

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establishment of protected areas

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Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)

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Identified by national constituencies using globally standardized criteria and quantitative thresholds (refer to IUCN’s “A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas” Vers. 1.0 for the details)

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KBA criteria

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  • Threatened biodiversity
  • Geographically restricted biodiversity
  • Ecological integrity
  • Biological processes
  • Irreplaceability through quantitative analysis
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KBAS in the PH

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228 identified

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Cebu KBAs

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Olango, Mactan, Liloan, Bantayan, Moalboal

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a bottom-up approach where a group of people (usually in rural areas) manage the use of resources in their defined area, using communal facilities

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community based natural resource management

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promotes conservation through the sustainable use of natural resources, enables communities to generate income that can be used for rural development, and promotes democracy and good governance in local institutions”

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community based natural resource management

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process of managing natural resources in a systematic way
includes multiple aspects of natural resource use (biophysical, socio-political, and profitability, risk aversion) to meet production goals of producers and other direct users (food security, profitability, risk aversion)

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Integrated approaches to natural resource management

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coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare

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integrtaed water resouce management

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strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way

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ecosystem approach

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the process of combining all aspects of human, physical and biological aspects of the coastal zone

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Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)

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responsible and broad based management of the land, water forest and biological resources needed to sustain agricultural productivity

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integrated natural resource management

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process aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well being in deforested or degraded forest landscapes

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forest landscape restoration

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