Management strategies - Global water cycle 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyWater and Carbon CyclesASOCR Created by: LMitchell1380Created on: 22-02-18 12:55 Name 3 management strategies for the global water cycle 1. Drainage basin planning. 2. Water allocations. 3. Forestry 1 of 29 Name 2 multilateral organisation that fund forest protection programmes 1. UN. 2. World Bank 2 of 29 Name an example of a UN project UN's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degredation 3 of 29 Name an example of a World Bank project Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) 4 of 29 Name 2 ways in which multilateral organisation can provide incentives for forestry protection? 1. Provide carbon offsets. 2. Direct funding. 5 of 29 Name an example of a country with a forestry programme? Brazil 6 of 29 Name the forestry programme within Brazil The Amazon Regional Protected Areas (ARPA) programme 7 of 29 Name 3 examples of multilateral organisations that support Brazil's programmes 1. UN. 2. World Bank. 3. World Wildlife Trust. 8 of 29 Name 4 benefits of the Amazon Regional Protected Areas programme 1. Promotes ecotourism. 2. Offsets 400 million tonnes C/year. 3. Stablises water cycle. 4. Supports indigenous communities 9 of 29 Describe what water allocations are? Where governments have to allocate water in areas of water scarcity. 10 of 29 What industry is the biggest consumer of water? Agriculture 11 of 29 What percentage does agriculture accounts for global consumption? 90% 12 of 29 What percentage does agriculture account for water withdrawals globally? 70% 13 of 29 Name 3 ways agriculture wastes water? 1. Over-irrigating. 2. Evaporation. 3. Inefficient water management 14 of 29 Name 2 ways in which water loss can be minimised from evaporation? 1. Drip irrigation. 2. Mulching 15 of 29 Name 3 ways in which water loss can be minimised from run-off? 1. Terracing. 2. Contour ploughing 3. Planting vegetation 16 of 29 Name 2 ways water losses could be used through better management? 1. Better water harvesting. 2. Recovering and recycling water waste. 17 of 29 Name 4 factors that impact water quality 1. Agriculture. 2. Domestic use. Recreation and leisure. 4. Industry 18 of 29 Name 3 aims of drainage basin planning? 1. Reduce run-off. 2. Increase surface storage. 3. Increase groundwater storage. 19 of 29 Name 2 ways run-off can be reduced? 1. Afforestation. 2. Creating permeable surfaces in urban areas. 20 of 29 Name 1 way of increasing surface storage? Restoring wetlands. 21 of 29 Name 2 ways of increasing groundwater storage? 1. Limiting abstraction rates. 2. Limiting artificial recharge. 22 of 29 Why is water management most effective at basin scale? Uses a holistic approach - to accommodate conflicting demands of water users. 23 of 29 Name a location of an effective drainage basin management scheme England and Wales. 24 of 29 What framework does this management use? EU's Water Directive Framework 25 of 29 What does the EU's Water Directive Framework do? Identifies major catchments by districts. 26 of 29 What does each district have for its water management? River Basin Management Plan 27 of 29 What organisation works alongside the River Basin Management Plan? DEFRA - Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 28 of 29 Name 3 targets set by a River Basin Management Plan 1. Water quality. 2. Abstraction rates. 3. Groundwater levels 29 of 29
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