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Activity 15. Conservation on an Island Biodiversity Hotspot. Read the introduction. Review the list you compiled at the beginning of Activity 1, “Biodiversity and Sustainability,” of the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. Challenge. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Activity 15Conservation on an IslandBiodiversity Hotspot

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Activity 15: Conservation on an Island Biodiversity Hotspot

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Activity 15: Conservation on an Island Biodiversity Hotspot

Introduction

Review the list you compiled at the beginning of Activity 1, “Biodiversity and Sustainability,” of the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems.

Read the introduction.

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Which of the four areas should receive priority for conservation?

Challenge

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Procedure

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Procedure

Which forest area do you think should be conserved and why?◦Mangrove◦ Lowland tropical rainforest north◦ Lowland tropical rainforest south◦ Tropical montane cloud forest

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Phylogenetic Diversity of Primates

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Procedure

Which forest area do you think should be conserved and why?◦Mangrove◦ Lowland tropical rainforest north◦ Lowland tropical rainforest south◦ Tropical montane cloud forest

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Follow Up

Which forest did you decide should be conserved? Cite at least three pieces of evidence to explain your reasoning, and state the trade-offs of your decision.

Analysis 1

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Which of the four areas should receive priority for conservation?

Revisit the Challenge

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biodiversity ecosystem

services endemic evidence evolution evolutionary

tree

indicator lineage phylogenetic

diversity sustainability taxa taxon trade-off

Key Vocabulary


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