Conservation of ecosystems: Module 6, Part 7 (mindmap)

Preservation is different!!
1. Keeping ecoystems the same, whilst protecting them
2. Nothing is removed from it
What is conservation?
1. Management of natural resources
2. Natural resources that can still be used, without them running out
  1. Social
    1. Attractions and activates
  2. Economical
    1. Drugs / food / clothes
      1. Dynamic process - constantly changing
  3. Ethical
    1. Morals / human activity
What's Sustainability?
1. Ensure resources that are taken today, but without reducing the ability for people in the future for their needs
  1. Ways of sustainability on land
    1. Small patches cut down
    2. Coppicing
      1. Cutting trees in a way to let them grow back
    3. Not planted close together; avoiding competition
    4. Sticks for support and tubes to stop bugs (herbivory)
    5. Native species, rather than non-native
  2. Overfishing???
    1. decline in some fish species because of overfishing
      1. Mesh size of nets
      2. International agreements
        Common fisheries policy
      3. Fishing quotes
        Limited catch of species of fish
        From scientific study (population size)
Human activities on ecosystems
1. Humans introduced non-native animals, killing the native ones (i.e. grey squirrel)
2. Non native plants compete with native plant species
  1. Eradication programs can be introduced / public follow set of rules
3. Examples
  1. The Galapagos islands
  2. Antarctica
  3. Lake district / Snowdonia national parks
If you get stuck on a question, remember.....
1. Human activity
2. Sustainability
3. Conservation

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