How can farmers help conservation? Biological conservation Maintaining species diversity (biodiversity) within a habitat. Ecological study of threatened habitats to inform their management. Control of introduced species. Biodiversity action plans from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 – Six reasons why maintaining biodiversity is important Moral reasons Aesthetic reasons Importance of individual species in maintaining the ecosystem Benefit to people fisheries, tourism, industry, medicines, agriculture, – forestry Maintaining evolutionary processes Insurance we do not know which species will be useful in the future – Further reading and questions: Section 10.3 textbook look at summary questions. application on page 248.
How can farmers help conservation? Biological conservation Maintaining species diversity (biodiversity) within a habitat. Ecological study of threatened habitats to inform their management. Control of introduced species. Biodiversity action plans – from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 Six reasons why maintaining biodiversity is important Moral reasons Aesthetic reasons Importance of individual species in maintaining the ecosystem Benefit to people – fisheries, tourism, industry, medicines, agriculture, forestry Maintaining evolutionary processes Insurance – we do not know which species will be useful in the future Further reading and questions: Section 10.3 textbook look at summary questions. application on page 248.
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