maintaining biodiversity

• Ways to reverse environmental damage caused by humans:

  • Reduce bad practices that cause damage
  • Reduce the impact of bad practices
  • Help ecosystems withstand damage
• Breeding programs for endangered species:

  • Involve breeding animals in captivity
  • Aim to build up numbers and reintroduce to the wild
  • Need safe natural habitats for success
• Creating protected areas and regenerating rare habitats:

  • Important for biodiversity conservation
  • Protects organisms living in those areas
  • Aims to eliminate the need for breeding programs
• Reducing the impact of harmful farming practices:

  • Governments introduce laws and incentives
  • Field margins and hedgerows encouraged for biodiversity
  • Different habitats and food sources increase species diversity
• Government regulations:

  • Set quotas on deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions
  • Encourage sustainable practices
• Individual actions for environmental conservation:

  • Recycling waste
  • Reducing unnecessary consumption
  • Less waste in landfills benefits the environment
• Challenges in environmental conservation:

  • Protecting biodiversity is expensive
  • Limited funding allocated to conservation efforts
  • Balancing environmental protection with economic needs
• Differences in environmental impact between developed and developing countries:

  • Developed countries damage environment for high standard of living
  • Developing countries rely on the environment for livelihood