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3.3 Conservation and regenerationIB Environmental Systems and Societies SL: Flashcards

What these 15 flashcards ask

  • List the five kinds of argument for species and habitat preservation.
  • What does ex situ mean?
  • What does in situ mean?
  • Which approach tends to be species-based, and which habitat-based?
  • What is a mixed conservation approach?
  • What is the Convention on Biological Diversity?
  • What is the CBD's 2022 target for protected areas?
  • Why does reserve shape matter?
  • Why does reserve size matter?
  • What is a wildlife corridor and why is it useful?
  • What does effective reserve design depend on?
  • Define rewilding.
  • Give an example of rewilding.
  • How do conservation and regeneration relate to planetary boundaries?
  • How do value systems affect conservation choices?

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).