Conservation
- Created by: Charlotte O'Dwyer
- Created on: 01-05-14 16:19
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- Conservation
- Conserving Habitats
- Conservation means keeping and protecting a living and changing environment.
- Reclaiming land after industrial use
- Helping set up sustainable agriculture systems
- Protection of a single threatened species
- Global legislation on pollution levels and greenhouse gas emissions.
- In the UK land is protected from development and allowed to sustain a rich diversity of animals and plants
- National Nature Reserves (NNRs)
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). They usually quite small areas which contain rich diversity of life, or a group of endangered plants or animals which thrive there
- National parks. These areas are all home to farming communities villages and towns.
- Conservation means keeping and protecting a living and changing environment.
- Sustainability
- Sustainable agriculture includes farming methods which minimise damage to the environment and avoid monoculture
- It means using organic fertilisers, using biological pest control, maintaining hedgerows and leaving verges around fields.
- Large scale farming is vital to provide the food.
- Conserving Species
- Captive Breeding Programmes
- Individuals of an endangered species are bred in zoos and parks in an attempt to save the species from extinction
- The ultimate aim is to reintroduce the captive-bred animals into the wild to restore original populations
- Reintroduction can be more successful in national parks or other protected areas
- Problems with captive breeding and reintroduction
- There isn't enough space or resources in zoos or parks
- It is difficult to provide the right conditions for breeding
- Unless the original reason for the species being endangered is removed, then reintroduction will be unsuccessful
- They may have great problems in adjusting to unsupported life in the wild
- When the population is small, the gene pool is reduced and this can cause serious problems
- Can be very expensive and time-consuming and they may fail
- Captive Breeding Programmes
- Conserving Habitats
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