Conservation in Situ and Ex situ AS biology OCR Unit 2

Conservation in Situ: Conserving a species in its normal environment

Legislation:
Atop activities such as hunting, logging and clearing land for development and agriculture
Difficult to pursuade some countries that it's necessary

Conservation Parks:
Possible to stop unacceptable activities by establishing conservation areas
Parks must have adequate area and a full range of diversity

Advantages of designating an area

• Plants and animals permanently conserved in natural environment
• Permanently protects biodiversity and representative example of ecosystems
• protects significant elements of natural and cultural heritage
• allows management of areas
• scientific research
• Possible to restore ecological intergrity of area
• Provides opptunities for ecologically sustainable land uses - traditional outdoor heritage activities

Why conflict arises

• protected animals come out of the reserve to raid crops
• People continue to hunt animals for food
• Illegal harvestig of timber & plants
• tourusts feeding animals or leaving litter

Conservation in the UK

• 14 nhational parks
• 215 NNRs (national Nature Reserves)
• over 6000 SSSI (Sights of Specific Scientific Intest)

Repopulaiton:
Rebuilding biodiversity where it's been lost

Conservation Ex Situ: Conserving an endangered species by activities that take place outside its…