5. Biodiversity

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What is biodiversity?

The variety of different species and numbers of individuals within those species in an area

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Why is biodiversity important?

  • Food

  • Potential foods

  • Stable environments

  • Industrial materials

  • New medicines

  • Human well being

  • Valuable genes → disease / drought resistence

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How is biodiversity protected

Use of legislation

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What can legislation be and why

Legislation to protect species can be difficult as wildlife needs sometimes conflict with human needs

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What are conservation methods

Methods that protect biodiversity or endangered species

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List the conservation methods

  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered species

  • Sites of special scientific interest

  • Captive breeding programmes

  • National parks

  • Seed / sperm banks

  • Local biodiversity action plans

  • Conservation of habitats of threatened species

  • Recreation of habitats that have declined

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Convention on international trade in endangered species

Laws preventing endangered animals being sold

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Sites of special scientific interest

A monitored area by scientists, protected because of rare habitats or rare species

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Captive breeding programmes

Capture of rare animals and keep them in an enclosed area to breed, then offspring and parents release back into wild when old enough

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National parks

Protected area where building is restricted

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Seed / sperm banks

Stores seeds + sperms from real animals / plants to repopulate future generations

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Local biodiversity action plans

Local plans to protect and improve the environment

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Conservation of habitats of threatened species

Protecting habitats that already exist with rare species

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Recreation of habitats that have declined

Recreating habitats that have declined e.g. reforestation

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