ib geography freshwater wetland management
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Wetland Management Kissimmee Case Study - Florida, USATRANSCRIPT
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IB GeographyFreshwater Wetland
ManagementObjectives:
1. Describe the role of wetlands as a water resource.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the management strategies that have been adopted in Florida USA.
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Wetlands as a water
resource
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Over to you…
• http://www.water.ncsu.edu/watershedss/info/wetlands/values.html
• Visit the hyperlink above.
• Make some notes on all the different benefits of Wetlands as a water resource.
• Try to include annotated diagrams where possible.
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The Kissimmee River
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Management Strategy Case Study.
• http://my.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/xweb%20protecting%20and%20restoring/kissimmee%20river
• Use the hyperlink above to explain the background to the project.
• What happened to this natural system?• Why was the system altered? … in response to
what?• How was it altered?• Outline the problems that this caused to the system
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Since 1992
• After watching the video on the previous slide and having made notes on the content, study the following PDF
• http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Everglades/Branches/ProjectExe/Sections/UECKLO/DOCS/KRR/Kissimmee_FS_Nov2009.pdf
• Outline the major developments since 1992 in the restoration of the Kissimmee River system.
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Evaluating the Scheme• Watch the ‘Aqua Kids’ video on last slide.• Study the following PDF carefully.• http://my.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/
xrepository/sfwmd_repository_pdf/belowthesurface.krr20081020.pdf
• Make notes to keep for your revision – perhaps as a mind map..?!
• Answer the following IB question• Evaluate the effectiveness of the management
strategies that have been adopted in a major wetland. (15) … target 1 ½ pages.