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3.3 Conservation and regenerationIB Environmental Systems and Societies HL: Flashcards

What these 15 flashcards ask

  • List the arguments for preservation.
  • Ex situ or in situ: seed bank?
  • Give a limitation of ex situ conservation.
  • What is the CBD?
  • Why does reserve shape matter?
  • Define rewilding.
  • (HL) Name factors affecting the success of conservation organisations.
  • (HL) Why was the IWC unable to stop all whaling?
  • (HL) Why can NGOs respond faster than governments?
  • (HL) Describe a positive feedback loop from rewilding.
  • (HL) Give two limitations of rewilding.
  • (HL) How should conservation success be assessed?
  • (HL) Define ecotourism.
  • (HL) Give a benefit and a risk of ecotourism.
  • Which perspective favours technology and management?

Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).