Summary: Climate Changes And Nature Conservation
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1 Global pressure
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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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