DXX-1002: Environmental Management & Conservation (paper B)  2017-2018

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The Norfolk Ponds project aimed to: 
reverse the decline in Norfolk’s ponds so that agricultural landscapes contain a mosaic of clean-water ponds 
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Agri-environment schemes were introduced:
to incentivise farmers to manage their land in such a way as to increase supply of ecosystem services 
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ISO 14001 is a set of standards for environmental management. For whom is it compulsory to implement?
None of the choices given
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Implementing ISO 14001 as an Environmental Management System (EMS) should mean an organisation: 
has an environmental policy that is documented and communicated to staff, and made available to the public
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What are the three pillars of sustainable development? 
Environmental, economic, and social
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Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are intended to: 
predict and quantify what impacts a proposed project might have on the environment
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What is the first stage of the EIA process?  
Consideration of alternatives 
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In the UK, the report produced at the end of an EIA is known as:  
the Environmental Statement 
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In EIA, the impact significance of activities listed in Annex 2 is determined:  
by a combination of all three
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What is ‘scoping’ in the context of an EIA?  
Examining impacts likely to have significant environmental impacts 
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The unit used to measure the carbon footprint of a food product is:
kg CO2 eq /kg of product
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Implementing ISO 14001 as an Environmental Management System (EMS) should mean an organisation: 

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