unit 4 revision
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Unit 4 revision
Area of Study
Knowledge and evaluation of the contemporary state of natural environments and the importance of healthy natural environments for the future of individuals and society
State of environments
What are our concerns?
Understand state of WP/MRNP/ANP
You need to be able to assess the health of an environment?
What measures can we use to assess the health of a natural environment?
Overview of OES study
Importance of environments.• Definitions of biodiversity• Importance of biodiversity• Importance for individuals• Importance for society (resources, research, medicines, intrinsic values …)
Be able to give explanations for the importance of environments for humans.
Biodiversity is important for our
future If we lose biodiversity we lose some of our values
Other problems may also occur
Biodiversity is essential for humans in order to ensure effective food and production supplies.
Can effect our standards of living – undeveloped countries
Why else? Your own def
I.e important as prescription drugs are derived from plants, others may be undiscovered
individuals
Importance for individuals (psychological benefits, health, recreation, adventure, rest, inspiration, spiritual benefits, education …)
Society
resources,
research,
Medicines
Intrinsic values (must be able to explain in relation to society
Education
Q. from 2006 exam paper
Potential impacts on society of damage
Human interactions and impacts have the potential to either diminish or enhance the state of the NE
If damage does occur it influences things such as biodiversity and our values
Also
- job loss
- $$ money needed to repair
- Reduction in water and air quality
- Increase in greenhouse
- Climate change
- Erosion
- Less places for recreation and tourism
Potential impacts of significant environmental damage.
• Loss of biodiversity• Climate change• Land degradation• Pollution• Introduced species
What causes potential impacts
Impacts such as
Destruction and loss of plant and animal diversity, soil and river erosion, other associated soil problems, economic problems, loss of native species, health of coastlines and fisheries.water bodies all damaged, loss of potential medicine
Overview of OES study
Safe and Sustainable interactions.• Minimal impact actions• Planning and preparation
Be able to tie minimal impact actions into particular environments and/or particular activities.
Area of Study two
Sustaining Natural Environments
Conflicts of interest.
Conflicts – occur due to differing interactions and opinions
Interest groups are formed to influence decision makers, they put strategies into action to influence and put pressure on; (don’t confuse interest groups and decision makers)
Be able to write about a conflict. What it was about? Who was involved? What happened?
Be able to write about an interest group. Who are they? How did they form? What are their aims? What have they done.
Methods to influence decision making.• Direct action• Lobbying• Petitions, letters and postcards• Use of media• Research and publication• Meetings• Partnerships and coalitions
Be able to describe and evaluate these methods. What works and what doesn’t? What are the likely effects?
•Decision making processes.• Consultative groups• Legislation• Management plans• Use of the court system• Police action• Political processes
• Regulations and zoning• Environmental statement• Management plan• Apply for world heritage listing
Know the pros and cons of these.Be able to target processes to real or imaginary scenarios.
Management strategies.• Parks and reserves• Zoning in parks• Management plans• Codes of conduct• Weed and pest species control• Fencing, signs, education• Re-vegetation• Research• Indigenous management strategies• Fire control
•Closing areas•Limiting numbers•Penalties•Education•Building infrastructure•Eradicate introduced species•Management of fire•Wildlife corridors
Environmental policies.• Local council policies• Business and industry policies• State government policies and laws (such as Flora and Fauna Guarantee [FFG] Act)• Federal policies and laws (such as Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act)• International treaties and agreements (such as World Heritage and RAMSAR conventions)
Know about one of these.What’s it for? What does it do?
ESD
What is ESD?
How do the area above aim to achieve ESD?
What are sustainable recreational activities?
Maintaining sustainable environments.
• Renewable energy options• Ecotourism• Landcare, Coastcare, Land for wildlife• Green architecture• Sustainability guidelines•What can individuals do?
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