Biodiversity

• Methods to protect biodiversity:

  • breeding programs for endangered animals
  • Protection and regeneration of rare habitats
  • Reintroduction of field margins and hedgerows
  • Reduction of deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions
  • Recycling resources
• Breeding Programs for Endangered Species:

  • Increase the numbers of an endangered species
  • Can do this through captive or artificial breeding programmes in zoos
  • Need to avoid inbreeding
• Protection and Regeneration of Rare Habitats:

  • Due to deforestation and climate change, many habitats have been lost
  • These habitats are home to many organisms
  • To protect habitats e.g. the coral reef, reduction of carbon emissions are needed
• Reintroduction of Field Margins and Hedgerows:

  • in many agricultural areas, farmers removed hedgerows to produce huge fields
  • These hedgerows are home to many organisms
  • Also led to field erosion and infertility
• Reduction of Deforestation and Climate Change:

  • Some governments are starting to recognise the damage deforestation and increasing CO2 emissions have
• Recycling Resources:

  • Waste placed in landfill sites effects biodiversity by using land and producing pollution
  • Globally, many countries are now working to recycle as much waste as possible. Governments have introduced many initiatives to reduce waste