Section A Should we encourage dingoes back into the natural environment? Wiley Online library Letnic‚ M.‚ Ritchie‚ E. and Dickman‚ C.‚ 2011. Top predators as biodiversity regulators: the dingo Canis lupus dingo as a case study. Biological Reviews‚ Volume 87‚ Issue 2‚ pages 390-413 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00203.x/full Points: Masters‚ B.‚ 2011. Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators. Ecological Management & Restoration‚ Volume 12‚ Issue 1‚ pages .e5-e6
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a significant figure to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Sustainable agriculture‚ in terms of food security‚ rural employment‚ and environmentally sustainable technologies such as soil conservation‚ sustainable natural resource management and biodiversity protection‚ are essential for holistic rural development. Indian agriculture and allied activities have witnessed a green revolution‚ a white revolution‚ a yellow revolution and a blue revolution Food security is a condition related to the ongoing
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Using two contrasting case studies‚ discuss management schemes in fragile environments. A fragile environment is when there the balance between climate‚ soils‚ vegetation‚ animal life and people could easily be upset and the ecosystem destroyed. In order to maintain a fragile environment dynamic sustainability needs to be established. An example of a fragile environment is the Serengeti National Park and Jau National Park. The Serengeti National Park is situated in the Tropical Grassland biome
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Ancient forests around the world are in peril‚ but we can still save them. Governments and the timber industry need to understand what a crucial role they play in maintaining global biodiversity‚ not to mention how vital they are in regulating the climate‚ so they need to act now. And as consumers‚ we can all help to save the forests. Making sure that the wood and paper we buy has come from well-managed sources (or‚ even better‚ is 100 per cent recycled) is something we can all easily do. We have
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A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem that occurs roughly within 28 degrees north or south of the equator (equatorial zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn). They are characterised by their humidity (average of 88% in the rainy season and 77% in the dry season)‚ hot temperature (average 27.9 °C during the dry season and 25.8 °C during the rainy season) but more importantly their extremely high rainfall (torrential rainfall - between 1‚500 mm and 3‚000 mm annually). Tropical rainforests
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Introduction Ecotourism‚ surfaced in the late 1980s‚ is the fastest growing sector of one of the industries in the world. An upsurge in ecotourism‚ particularly in developing countries‚ has been created because of the demands for remote‚ exotic‚ and natural environments (Scheyvens‚ 1999). The word ‘ecotourism’ has been coined relatively and a number of different meanings of this word seem like ambassadors travelling every corner of the world. As a result‚ the marketing value of ecotourism has been
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Conservation and Research of the Crested Ibis MENG GAO 300206414 Instructor: Dale Donovan 03/03/2014 Diversity of species plays an extremely important role in the human ecosystem. The extinction of one species may lead to the extinction of dozens of associated species. Thus‚ the demise of a certain species may result in the imbalance and even collapse of the entire ecosystem. Therefore‚ protecting and saving endangered species has a significant importance
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sustainability‚ as a result of direct or indirect human activities which may involve physical‚ chemical or biotic challenges. Ecosystem can benefit from ecological restoration. There are a few ways it is important to the ecosystem. It can help to stop biodiversity loss. It also helps to provide human society with a wealth of essential goods and services‚ such as clean air and water‚ protection against floods‚ soil erosion and climate change‚ provision of sustainable food and timber‚ space for recreation
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Stewardship in its real essence is the comprehensive understanding and effective management of critical environmental risks and opportunities related to climate change‚ waste management‚ biodiversity protection and ecosystem services. The environmental challenges we face be they related to climate change or biodiversity – are growing in scale and complexity. Being with the realm of the academe‚ we are very fortunate enough to have a dual role in the preservation of our environment. As a member of
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| 1 [edit]Science and technology Biodiversity‚ the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem Species diversity‚ the effective number of species represented in a data set Genetic diversity‚ the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species Nucleotide diversity‚ the measure the degree of polymorphism within a population Phylogenetic diversity‚ a measure of biodiversity which incorporates phylogenetic difference between species
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