Conservation and Preservation

Question 1

what is conservation?

Answer 1

• active management of a habitat to maintain biodiversity

Question 2

what are examples of conservation?

Answer 2

• preventing succession by controlled burning
• ecosystem management to ensure natural sources don’t run out
• reclamation of areas that have been destroyed or damaged

Question 3

what is preservation?

Answer 3

• restricting or banning human use to keep an ecosystem exactly how it is

Question 4

what are examples of preservation?

Answer 4

• delicate ecosystems (such as coral reefs or parts of the antarctica

Question 5

reasons for conservation:

Answer 5

• provides resources that humans need to survive e.g. food, timber, medicines
• social reasons e.g. walking in nature reserves, along a coastline or a wild ecosystem, enhancing well being
• ethical reasons