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OCR - A level AS/A Biology
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| 5.7.5 | Conservation Issues |
- discuss the economic and ethical reasons for maintaining biodiversity.
- explain how ecologically important areas are protected, with reference to National Parks, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs).
- explain the role of the RSPB in protecting ecologically important areas in the country.
- describe the major conservation issues facing the management of a National Park.
- discuss the role of zoos and botanic gardens with regard to captive breeding and release programmes and the preservation of seed banks.
- discuss The Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and the problems in its implementation.
- discuss the conservation of the African elephant with regard to population numbers, reasons for concern, measures introduced and international co-operation required.
- discuss the conservation of tropical rain forest with regard to ecological importance, reasons for decline and international measures that need to be, or are being, taken.
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