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B7: Quiz 13
B7: Quiz 13
1) Farmers that grow monoculture crops are sometimes paid to keep a strip of land wild or for having hedge rows.
a) What does monoculture mean?
b) Discuss how paying farmers to leave a strip of land wild or for having hedge rows increases biodiversity.
c) Why might taxpayers be annoyed with a program like this?
2) The government taxes activities that produce large quantities of greenhouse gases. Explain how this could help to maintain biodiversity.
3) Explain what a breeding program is and explain how a breeding program can increase biodiversity.
4) Explain how recycling can help maintain biodiversity.
5) Give and briefly explain two other ways that governments can protect biodiversity. Do not give any of the methods that have been looked at in the previous questions.
6) Why might some developing countries be unwilling to introduce policies that prevent deforestation for raw materials, cash crops or cattle?
7) Give two issues with international agreements for cutting emissions or maintaining biodiversity.
8) Discuss how some of the crop farming practices can decrease biodiversity. Think about the chemicals that the farmers spray on their crops.
a) What does monoculture mean?
b) Discuss how paying farmers to leave a strip of land wild or for having hedge rows increases biodiversity.
c) Why might taxpayers be annoyed with a program like this?
2) The government taxes activities that produce large quantities of greenhouse gases. Explain how this could help to maintain biodiversity.
3) Explain what a breeding program is and explain how a breeding program can increase biodiversity.
4) Explain how recycling can help maintain biodiversity.
5) Give and briefly explain two other ways that governments can protect biodiversity. Do not give any of the methods that have been looked at in the previous questions.
6) Why might some developing countries be unwilling to introduce policies that prevent deforestation for raw materials, cash crops or cattle?
7) Give two issues with international agreements for cutting emissions or maintaining biodiversity.
8) Discuss how some of the crop farming practices can decrease biodiversity. Think about the chemicals that the farmers spray on their crops.