Conservation Key Terms and Definitions

1. 15 areas of protected countryside in the UK covering many of the most beautiful and valued landscapes (8, 4)
4. an international agreement to regulate the trade of wildlife. Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora, includes live specimens and their products (5)
5. a collection of seed samples e.g. Millennium Seed Bank, seeds are stored in dry, freezing conditions in order to preserve them for as long as possible (4, 4)
6. the country's best valued wildlife and geographical sites that have been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (4)
8. a collection of animals. Most now have an important role in conservation e.g. captive breeding programmes and research into endangered species (3)
9. The Countryside Stewardship Scheme set up in 1991, aimed to conserve the English landscape by primarily funding farmers to manage and maintain the countryside. Now replaced by the Environmental Stewardship Scheme (3)

2. a collection of plants altogether in one place, like a zoo is to animals. Seeds can be collected from the wild and plants propagated quickly (9, 6)
3. carrying out active management to maintain the biodiversity in the natural environment (2, 4, 12)
7. The Convention of Biological Diversity is an agreement signed at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to conserve biological diversity. It takes into account peoples needs and sustainable development (3)
10. conserving an endangered species by activities that take place outside its normal habitat (2, 4, 12)

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