1
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What is the ecological context of the Terai region?
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- Nepal
- Made up of mainly grasslands, savannah and forests
- Densely populated and home to endangered species
2
Q
How do humans use the land in the Terai region?
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- Expansion of agriculture into forested areas
- Grazing of farm animals
- Over-exploitation of forest resources
- Replacement of traditional agricultural crop varieties with modern ones
- The forests can provide local people with a source of fuel, animal feed, food, building materials, agricultural and household tools and medicines
3
Q
What measures are in place in the Terai region to manage the conflict between human needs and conservation?
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- WWF introduced community forest initiatives in which local people had rights to exploit the forest as well as responsibilities to look after it
- Helped create forest corridors between national parks which are essential to the dispersal and survival of tigers, and counteracts poachers
- Introduced biogas plants and wood efficient stoves to reduce demand for firewood
- Constructing waterholes
- Monitoring endangered species
- Eradicating invasive species
4
Q
What is the ecological context of the Maasai Mara?
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- Kenya
- Large populations of wildlife
5
Q
How do humans use the land in the Maasai Mara?
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- Wildlife population attracts tourism
- Agriculture
6
Q
What was the impact of the use of land in Maasai Mara?
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- The density of wildlife has dropped
- Density of livestock increased
7
Q
What measures are in place in the Terai region to manage the conflict between human needs and conservation?
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- Land owners consolidated their land to form conservancies to generate tourist income, partnerships between conservancies and tourism operators have generated payment for wildlife conservation scemes
- Land set aside for conservation
8
Q
What is the ecological context of peat bogs?
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- Plant material inhibited from fully decaying by acidic or anaerobic conditions
- Wet and boggy areas
- Wetland and vegetation
- Plants adapted to thrive in wet conditions with few nutrients
- Laxk of predators and human disturbance
- Vegetation is food for many species
9
Q
How do humans use the land in the Maasai Mara?
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- Afforestation - the establishment of a forest of trees in an area where there was no forest
- Peat extraction
- Agricuktural intensification, including land drainage
10
Q
What measures are in place in the Terai region to manage the conflict between human needs and conservation?
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- Ensuring peat and vegetation of the bog surface is as undisturbed and wet as possible. Bogs are surrounded by ditches to allow water to run off and prevent flooding of land but ditches may be blocked to raise the water to the bog surface
- Removal of seeding trees from the area so they don’t remove water
-Using controlled grazing to maintain the biodiversity of peatland
