Read the summary and the most important questions on Climate changes and nature conservation

• 1 Global pressure

• What are the three sources of pressure on the earth's ecosystems?

  - Growing human pressure (20/80 dilemma)
  - Climate change (560/450/400 dilemma)
  - Ecosystem decline (60% loss dilemma)
  
  -Surprise (99/1 dilemma)

• 2 Biodiversity loss

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• What is an important cause of marine biodiveristy loss?

  Fisheries. Overexploitation. The bigger fish are caught, which means only small fish, that are not able to reproduce remain

• Where will the food for the growing human population probably come from in the future?

  By intensifying the use of resources from the oceans.

• What is the objective of the biodiversity convention of Rio 1992?

  To conserve biodiversity, to make use of ecological resources in a sustainable way and to share those resources equaly

• What are the indirect drivers of ecosystem change?

  -demographic
  -economy
  -socio-political
  -science and technology
  -cultural and religious

• What are the direct drivers of ecosystem change?

  -Habitat change
  -Pollution
  -Climate change
  -Invasive species
  -Overexploitation

• On what scale do interactions between land and individuals that influence an ecosystem happen?

  Locally

• Which scales should be taken into consideration when attempting conservation?

  Both the local and global scale

• Why is it important to map all the different factors that influence a certain process or management approach?

  That way you'll get a better understanding of the motivation behind a certain management and you get an insight in all the dimentions/levels on which interactions between different factors take place.

• From top to bottom, which dimensions can be identified in the organisational and socio-economic sector?

  International
  Multinational
  National
  State
  Municiple
  Village
  Family
  Individual