Human populations in ecosystem development & sustainability

• Economic development is speeding up the rate of biodiversity loss. As a country becomes more developed, it tends to use more resources and land, and produce more pollution.
• What is economic development speeding up?

  the rate of biodiversity loss
• What happens as a country more developed?

  it tends to use more resources and land
• What does a country produce more as it becomes more developed?

  pollution
• What is speeding up the rate of biodiversity loss?

  economic development
• Sustainable development involves balancing increases in population size and development with conservation.
• What does sustainable development involve?

  Balancing increases in population size and development with conservation
• However, if we protect ecosystems, we can continue to benefit from their goods and services, allowing sustainable economic development.
• What does protecting our ecosystems allow?

  sustainable economic development