Summary: Climate Changes And Nature Conservation

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  • 1 Global pressure

  • What are the three sources of pressure on the earth's ecosystems?

    - Growing human pressure (20/80 dilemma)
    - Climate change (560/450/400 dilemma)
    - Ecosystem decline (60% loss dilemma)

    -Surprise (99/1 dilemma)
  • 2 Biodiversity loss

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  • What is an important cause of marine biodiveristy loss?

    Fisheries. Overexploitation. The bigger fish are caught, which means only small fish, that are not able to reproduce remain
  • Where will the food for the growing human population probably come from in the future?

    By intensifying the use of resources from the oceans.
  • What is the objective of the biodiversity convention of Rio 1992?

    To conserve biodiversity, to make use of ecological resources in a sustainable way and to share those resources equaly
  • What are the indirect drivers of ecosystem change?

    -demographic
    -economy
    -socio-political
    -science and technology
    -cultural and religious
  • What are the direct drivers of ecosystem change?

    -Habitat change
    -Pollution
    -Climate change
    -Invasive species
    -Overexploitation
  • On what scale do interactions between land and individuals that influence an ecosystem happen?

    Locally
  • Which scales should be taken into consideration when attempting conservation?

    Both the local and global scale
  • Why is it important to map all the different factors that influence a certain process or management approach?

    That way you'll get a better understanding of the motivation behind a certain management and you get an insight in all the dimentions/levels on which interactions between different factors take place.
  • From top to bottom, which dimensions can be identified in the organisational and socio-economic sector?

    International
    Multinational
    National
    State
    Municiple
    Village
    Family
    Individual
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