Sustaining Biodiversity

Question 1

What does sustainability mean?

Answer 1

Sustainability means that the needs and requirements of people are met without damaging the Earth for future generations

Question 2

What is key part to maintaining biodiversity?

Answer 2

Conserving all the species of living things

Question 3

What doesn’t help maintain biodiversity?

Answer 3

Huge fields of a single crop (monoculture) don’t help because they don’t provide a base for many food chains or different habitats to support a variety of species.

Question 4

What may be a possible solution to this problem?

Answer 4

Smaller fields, separated by hedgegrows and growing a variety of crops, may be a possible answer.

Question 5

What commercial viability needs to be considered?

Answer 5

Allowing ‘weed’ plants to grow (organic growing), rather than using herbicides and pesticides, may help maintain biodiversity.

Question 6

What disadvantage would this have?

Answer 6

This might mean reduced yields and more expensive food.