Questions and Answers
What does biodiversity conservation primarily aim to protect?
Which of the following is NOT considered a regulating service of ecosystems?
How does biodiversity enhance environmental resilience?
What is a key strategy in biodiversity conservation?
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Which type of ecosystem service includes air and water purification?
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What is the primary goal of climate change adaptation?
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Which service is categorized under supporting services of ecosystems?
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Which of the following best describes sustainable land-use planning?
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Study Notes
Environmental Resilience
Biodiversity Conservation
- Definition: The preservation and protection of ecosystems, species, and genes to maintain ecological health and function.
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Importance:
- Maintains ecosystem services (e.g., air and water purification, soil formation)
- Supports human well-being (e.g., food security, medicine, recreation)
- Enhances environmental resilience to disturbances
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Strategies:
- Habitat preservation and restoration
- Species conservation (e.g., endangered species protection)
- Sustainable land-use planning
- Reducing human impact (e.g., pollution, overfishing)
Ecosystem Services
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Definition: The benefits humans derive from functioning ecosystems, including:
- Provisioning services (e.g., food, water, timber)
- Regulating services (e.g., climate regulation, air and water purification)
- Cultural services (e.g., recreation, tourism, spiritual values)
- Supporting services (e.g., soil formation, nutrient cycling)
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Types of ecosystem services:
- Supporting services: Underpin all life on Earth, including soil formation, nutrient cycling, and primary production.
- Provisioning services: Provide goods, such as food, fresh water, and timber.
- Regulating services: Regulate the environment, including climate, air and water quality, and natural disasters.
- Cultural services: Provide non-material benefits, such as recreation, tourism, and spiritual values.
- Importance: Essential for human well-being, economic development, and environmental sustainability.
Climate Change Adaptation
- Definition: The process of adjusting to the current and future impacts of climate change to minimize its effects.
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Importance:
- Reduces vulnerability to climate-related hazards
- Enhances environmental resilience
- Supports human well-being and economic development
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Strategies:
- Adaptation planning: Identifying climate risks and developing responses
- Ecosystem-based adaptation: Using natural ecosystems to provide climate resilience
- Infrastructure development: Designing and building climate-resilient infrastructure
- Climate-smart agriculture: Implementing practices that enhance agricultural resilience to climate change
Environmental Resilience
Biodiversity Conservation
- Preserves ecosystems, species, and genes to maintain ecological health and function
- Maintains ecosystem services, supporting human well-being and environmental resilience
- Importance:
- Supports food security, medicine, and recreation
- Enhances environmental resilience to disturbances
- Maintains ecological health and function
- Strategies:
- Preserves and restores habitats
- Conserves species (e.g., endangered species protection)
- practices sustainable land-use planning
- Reduces human impact (e.g., pollution, overfishing)
Ecosystem Services
- Defines benefits humans derive from functioning ecosystems
- Includes:
- Provisioning services (e.g., food, water, timber)
- Regulating services (e.g., climate regulation, air and water purification)
- Cultural services (e.g., recreation, tourism, spiritual values)
- Supporting services (e.g., soil formation, nutrient cycling)
- Types:
- Supporting services underpin life on Earth
- Provisioning services provide goods
- Regulating services regulate the environment
- Cultural services provide non-material benefits
- Importance:
- Essential for human well-being, economic development, and environmental sustainability
Climate Change Adaptation
- Defines adjusting to climate change impacts to minimize effects
- Importance:
- Reduces vulnerability to climate-related hazards
- Enhances environmental resilience
- Supports human well-being and economic development
- Strategies:
- Plans for climate risks and develops responses
- Uses natural ecosystems for climate resilience
- Develops climate-resilient infrastructure
- Implements climate-smart agricultural practices
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