maintaining biodiversity

• • breeding programmes have been set up to prevent endangered species from becoming extinct
  • animals are bred in captivity to make sure they survive
  • they can sometimes be released into the wild to re-establish a population
• • programmes have been started to protect and regenerate rare habitats like coral reefs
  • this helps to protect the species that live there, preserving biodiversity|
• • programmes have been made to reintroduce field margins and hedgrerows on areas where farmers only grow one type of crops
  • field margins are areas of land around the edges of field where wildflowers and grasses are left to grow
  • they provide a habitat for more variety of organisms in a single crop habitat
• • some goverments have made rules to reduce deforestation and carbon emissions to reduce the increase of global warming
• • people are encouraged to recycle resources rather than dumping waste for landfill
  • this could reduce land be taken over for landfill, preserving ecosystems
• • an issue with preserving biodiversity is the cost
  • some governments pay farmers to reintroduce field margins and hedgerows into their land
  • it can cost money to make sure programmes and rules to maintain biodiversity are being followed
  • money may need to be prioritised for other things
• • protecting biodiversity can impact the livelihood of people
  • reducing deforestation is good for biodiversity, but those employed by deforestation could lose their jobs
  • this could affect the local economy if people move away to find work
• • protecting food security can impact biodiversity
  • organisms like foxes or locusts are seen as pests to crops, and so are killed to protect crops, so more food is produced
  • this can affect food chains and biodiversity
• • development is important but it can affect biodiversity
  • land may be in too much of a high demand that untouched land in high biodiversity must be used for development