UNIT 3 IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 421.

Sources: Centre for International Forestry Research, Global Canopy Programme,UN Food and Agriculture Organisation,The World Bank, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, WWF, Eliasch Review

5 (a). Watch the fragment “Ecosystems Conservation”. Mind the names of the species; elephant true, also called true hyrax, a small mammal relative to elephants and micro-cebus, also called grey mouse-lemur.

(b) Discuss the following:

1. Considering the savannah as an example, do only elephants matter in the ecosystem? Why?

2. What should we be aware of providing ecosystem conservation policy?

3. What roles in keeping life going on the earth do (a) oceans (b) rainforests (c) mountains (d) pole regions and (e) deserts play?

4. What are the main purposes of the Zurich Zoo Park?

5. What is the Parks contribution to science?

6. Using the sites indicated below make a media presentation about an endangered animal. Extend upon the following points:

· habitat

· population

· rate of extinction

· reasons of extinction

· ways to conserve or recreate the range

Use the following sites: Endangered animals, 10 animals hunted to extinction

7. Having summed up the unit, try and define what conservation is and why it is a cornerstone in modern environmental policy. For this use the rubric Summing the Discussion (the very last one).