Conservation Approaches and Species Protection Quiz
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What is the aim of the ecosystem approach to protecting wild species?

  • To preserve balanced populations of species in their native habitats (correct)
  • To manage game species for sustained yield
  • To reduce the global decline of biological diversity
  • To identify and protect endangered species on a case-by-case basis
  • Which international treaty aims to reduce the global decline of biological diversity and create a plan for managing and preserving biological diversity?

  • United States participation treaty
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species: CITES
  • Convention on Biological Diversity: CBD (correct)
  • Species management treaty
  • What is the term for when a species is no longer found in an area it once inhabited, but is still found elsewhere?

  • Global extinction
  • Ecological extinction
  • Local extinction (correct)
  • Regional extinction
  • Which approach is based on identifying and protecting endangered species on a case-by-case basis?

    <p>Species approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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:

    <p>Ecological extinction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which approach to protecting wild species aims to preserve balanced populations of species in their native habitats?

    <p>Ecosystem approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) aim to achieve?

    <p>Combat illegal trade in endangered species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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?

    <p>Local extinction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which international treaty aims to reduce the global decline of biological diversity and create a plan for managing and preserving biological diversity?

    <p>Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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?

    <p>Ecological extinction</p> Signup and view all the answers

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