10 Questions
What is the aim of the ecosystem approach to protecting wild species?
To preserve balanced populations of species in their native habitats
Which international treaty aims to reduce the global decline of biological diversity and create a plan for managing and preserving biological diversity?
Convention on Biological Diversity: CBD
What is the term for when a species is no longer found in an area it once inhabited, but is still found elsewhere?
Local extinction
Which approach is based on identifying and protecting endangered species on a case-by-case basis?
Species approach
When so few individuals of a species are left that it no longer plays a significant ecological role in the communities where it is found, it is known as:
Ecological extinction
Which approach to protecting wild species aims to preserve balanced populations of species in their native habitats?
Ecosystem approach
What does the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) aim to achieve?
Combat illegal trade in endangered species
What is the term for the type of extinction when a species is no longer found in an area it once inhabited, but is still found elsewhere?
Local extinction
Which international treaty aims to reduce the global decline of biological diversity and create a plan for managing and preserving biological diversity?
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
What type of extinction occurs when so few individuals of a species are left that it no longer plays a significant ecological role in the communities where it is found?
Ecological extinction
Test your knowledge about different approaches to protecting native wild species. Learn about ecosystem, species, and wildlife management approaches to conservation.
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