• Unit 6-Conservation of biodiversity

    Key points:
    • Species and habitats should be preserved for many reasons, based on economic, commercial, ethical and aesthetic grounds.
    • Both gorernmental and non-governmental organizations work to preserve biodiversity and protect ecosystems.  They act in different ways but have similar goals.
    • Criteria are used to design protected areas based on the principles of island biogeography.
    • Species-based conservation has both strenghts and weaknesses.
    Key words:
    conservation preservation biorights
    CITES UNEP NGO
    WCS Red Lists WWF
    Greenpeace extinct endangered
    vulnerable threatened protected areas
    corridors fragmentation island biogeography
    captive breeding seed banks habitat conservation
    species conservation

Last Modified on February 23, 2015