Legislation

Question 1

LNR

Answer 1

Local nature reserve

Question 2

NNR

Answer 2

National nature reserve

Question 3

SSSI

Answer 3

Sites of special scientific interest

Question 4

MNR

Answer 4

Marine nature reserve

Question 5

MPA

Answer 5

Marine protected area

Question 6

MCZ

Answer 6

Marine conservation zone

Question 7

SAC

Answer 7

Special areas of conservation

Question 8

SPA

Answer 8

Special protection areas

Question 9

EU CFP

Answer 9

European Union; common fisheries policy

Question 10

CITES

Answer 10

Convention on international trade of endangered species

Question 11

IWC

Answer 11

International whaling commission

Question 12

ITTO

Answer 12

International tropical timber organisation

Question 13

What three key principles does the wildlife and countryside act 1981 cover?

Answer 13

Legality of action
Legal designation of protection
Designated (UK) protected zones

Question 14

Give 2 examples of legal protection organisations

Answer 14

Wildlife and countryside act 1981 (UK)
CITES

Question 15

Give three organisations that cover sustainable exploitation

Answer 15

IWC
EU CFP
ITTO

Question 16

What does legislation mean?

Answer 16

The Preparing and enacting of laws by local, state, or national governments and international organisations like the united nations

Question 17

Are there any draw bags to legislation?

Answer 17

They may be broken through ignorance or difficulties to enforce

Question 18

What are protocols?

Answer 18

Official procedure or system off rules governing the protection of wildlife and habitats by government at all levels, international, national and regional/local non government organisations such as charities (wwf, rspb)

Question 19

What 5 things are covered in the wildlife and countryside act (UK) 1981

Answer 19

Designated protected areas
Protection of wild birds and their nests (some pest birds can be legally hunted)
Protection of mammal species
Uprooting of wild plants (illegal)
Bats; cannot be disturbed a d woodworm treatment chemical used in the presence of bas must not be toxic

Question 20

How can the wildlife and conservation act 1981 protect species and habitats?

Answer 20

• Protects species
• Protections of habitats
• Restrictions on activities within the protected area
• Restriction on activities outside the protected area
• Management agreements between the landowner and the designating organisation
• Access restrictions
• International cooperation

Question 21

What does ramsar protect?

Answer 21

Wetlnds of international importnace

Question 22

What does SPA protect?

Answer 22

Areas for birds

Question 23

Give 4 international organisationsations that protect habitats or species?

Answer 23

Ramsar
CITES
IWC
ITTO

Question 24

What do SPA protect?

Answer 24

Birds

Question 25

What is the CITES group an appendix l?

Answer 25

Species threatened with extinction, trade is only permitted in exceptional circumstances ie. Captive breeding programmes

Question 26

What is the CITES group apendix ll?

Answer 26

Species isn’t necessarily threatened with extinction, trade must be controlled in order to avoid use that is incompatible with their survival

Question 27

What does LNR protect?

Answer 27

Conserve special local wildlife habitat, geological features and natural landscapes

Question 28

What does national nature reserve protect?

Answer 28

Protects important wildlife habitats, species, geological formations and landscapes

Question 29

What do SSSI’s do?

Answer 29

Areas that are noted for their biological or physiographic interest

Question 30

What do MNR protect?

Answer 30

Conserves marine flora and fauna and geological or physiographic features of special interest

Question 31

What do MPA do?

Answer 31

Marine areas where human activity and land use is limited

Question 32

What do MCZ cover?

Answer 32

Marine areas that protect natiaonly important threatened species and habitats

Question 33

What do SAC do?

Answer 33

European network of strictly protected sites designated under the EC habitats directive

Question 34

What does SPA protect?

Answer 34

Birds and bird habiats

Question 35

What does EUCFP do?

Answer 35

Set rules for managing European fishing fleets and for conserving fish stocks

Question 36

What are the three natura 2000 sites?

Answer 36

SAC, SPA, EUCFP

Question 37

What does RAMSAR protect?

Answer 37

Wetlands of international importance

Question 38

What dos CITES protect?

Answer 38

Animals and plants threatened with extinction and animals that may b threatened with extinction

Question 39

What does IWC protect?

Answer 39

Whales

Question 40

What does ITTO do?

Answer 40

Advisory organisation which promotes international race in tropical timber from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests