Why conserve wildlife?
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- Created on: 23-01-14 18:34
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- Why conserve wildlife?
- Aesthetics & Recreation
- Furry/cuddly/more aesthetically pleasing animals (pandas,monkeys) are more popular
- Economic benefits of visitor attractions (zoos, wildlife parks)
- Morals
- Organisms have a right to life/unnecessary to kill
- Public concern is greatest when high profile animals (pandas, whales) are threatened.
- Most people would support the right of other species to exist but few think malaria mosquitos, parasitic worms or rats have the same right
- Based on subjective opinion not fact
- Morals
- Organisms have a right to life/unnecessary to kill
- Public concern is greatest when high profile animals (pandas, whales) are threatened.
- Most people would support the right of other species to exist but few think malaria mosquitos, parasitic worms or rats have the same right
- Based on subjective opinion not fact
- Based on subjective opinion not fact
- Most people would support the right of other species to exist but few think malaria mosquitos, parasitic worms or rats have the same right
- Morals
- Based on subjective opinion not fact
- Most people would support the right of other species to exist but few think malaria mosquitos, parasitic worms or rats have the same right
- Aesthetics & Recreation
- Knowledge & Understanding
- Why conserve wildlife?
- Aesthetics & Recreation
- Furry/cuddly/more aesthetically pleasing animals (pandas,monkeys) are more popular
- Economic benefits of visitor attractions (zoos, wildlife parks)
- Aesthetics & Recreation
- Interdependence of life on Earth
- Biomimetics
- Knowledge of how other species are adapted to survive
- Solve human engineering problems by applying this.
- Knowledge of how other species are adapted to survive
- Example: Humpback whales swim in tight circles - made easier by the shape of their pectoral fins which have scalloped leading edges
- Example: Shark skin has grooves at right angles to the direction of water flow. Reduces friction & makes swimming easier
- Surface groves called riblets are being developed for aircraft, swimsuits & boats. Friction reduced by 15% = lower fuel consumption
- Why conserve wildlife?
- Human behaviour
- Knowledge & Understanding
- Interdependence of life on Earth
- Biomimetics
- Solve human engineering problems by applying this.
- Example: Humpback whales swim in tight circles - made easier by the shape of their pectoral fins which have scalloped leading edges
- Example: Shark skin has grooves at right angles to the direction of water flow. Reduces friction & makes swimming easier
- Surface groves called riblets are being developed for aircraft, swimsuits & boats. Friction reduced by 15% = lower fuel consumption
- Solve human engineering problems by applying this.
- Knowledge & Understanding
- By studying other primates (great apes) we can learn about social structures & group behaviour
- Human behaviour
- Human behaviour
- Understand how species affect each other = understand how our survival relies upon other species
- This feature is being applied to rudder design to improve ship manoeuvrability
- More pleasant place to live with animals/plants
- Ethics
- In some societies its necessary to exploit animals as part of their diet - wild birds' eggs, bushmeat
- In LEDCs no alternative food source & hard to convince someone that they have less of a right to live that their source of food
- Ethics
- In some societies its necessary to exploit animals as part of their diet - wild birds' eggs, bushmeat
- Ethics
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