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Ecosystem Management
LO: Discuss the management of environmental resources and the effects of
human activities.
To include how ecosystems can be managed to balance the conflict between
conservation/preservation and human needs e.g. the Masai Mara region in
Kenya and the Terai region of Nepal, peat bogs AND the effects of human
activities on the animal and plant populations and how these are controlled in
environmentally sensitive ecosystems e.g. the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica,
Snowdonia National Park, the Lake District.
Group presentation and hand out to
include the following (6 slides max)
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Description of the ecosystem
Cause of the decline of the ecosystem
Conservation methods
How they manage the conflict between
human needs and the environment
5. Model answers to the summary questions in
the book (printed on word if easier)
Starter websites
• Peat bogs
– http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/peatlands
• Masai Mara
– http://maasaiwilderness.org/
• Terai region Nepal
– http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/o
ur_global_goals/species_programme/species_people/
our_solutions/tal_nepal/
Home learning
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Cornell notes on pages 637-641 and 649-653
End of chapter exam questions pgs 654-655
Carrying capacity worksheet
Revision notes up to date
Folders tidy and organised