Human effects on ecosystems
- Created by: Hazel99
- Created on: 20-09-16 11:12
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- Ecosystems
- Peer Review
- Valid
- Reliable
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Reliable
- Greenhouse Effect
- Dendrochronology
- Anthropgenic
- Dendrochronology
- Sustainability
- Aquaculture
- Salmon, Tilapia, trout and shellfish - most common
- Aquaculture
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- Success, Banned international ivory trade in 1989
- Brought species of rays and sharks back from extinction
- Limitations
- Optional to sign up
- Deals with trade only
- Proctection can be override by commercial demands - Canada
- Success, Banned international ivory trade in 1989
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- Conserving fish stocks
- Controlling size of mesh
- Banning fishing during the breeding season
- Imposing strict quotas
- Encouraging the use of fishing methods that are less damaging to the ecosystem
- Banning the capturing of endangered fish species altogether
- Human causes of extinction
- Habitat destruction
- Pollution of water
- Eating animals and plants
- For example - Opuntia
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