Ecology- conservation

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Why do we set resources for conserving species?
Resources are limited, many species to save, many issues to solve, different requirements
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What factors do we take into account when prioritising which species to save?
Their ecosystem impact- if lower in food chain would make ecosystem collapse, higher up on food chain is there another predator to take that place- keystone species?

Viability- how many left, small left= small gene pool
Economic- how expensive?
Rate of d
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What are the IUCN red list categories of vulnerability?
Least concern (LC)
Near threatened (NT)
Vulnerable (VU)
Endangered (EN)
Critically endangered (CR)
Regionally extinct (RE)
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What are flagship species?
Ambassador/icon/symbol which represents a habitat/issue/campaign/environmental cause e.g. Giant Panda WWF
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How do we prioritise species within a habitat?
National threat, international importance, international threat
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What factors do we take into account when prioritising which species to save?

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Their ecosystem impact- if lower in food chain would make ecosystem collapse, higher up on food chain is there another predator to take that place- keystone species?

Viability- how many left, small left= small gene pool
Economic- how expensive?
Rate of d

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What are the IUCN red list categories of vulnerability?

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What are flagship species?

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How do we prioritise species within a habitat?

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