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CARBON REMOVING STRATEGIES U7
4 ways to remove carbon enhance c...,
Protecting and enhancing carbon s...,
Using carbon capture and storage ccs
5  cards
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES U7
Flood defences,
Vaccination programmes,
Desalination plants
4  cards
INTERNATIONAL POLICY ON CLIMATE CHANGE U7
International policy on climate c...,
Intergovernmental panel on climat...,
United nations framework conventi...
3  cards
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION STARTEGIES
Mitigation startegies,
Reduction of energy consumption,
Reduction of emissions from agric...
5  cards
GREENHOUSE GASSES U7
What are greenhouse gases,
Sources of ghg,
Carbon dioxide
6  cards
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE + POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS
Impacts of climate change,
Changes in water availability,
Distribution of biomes and crop g...
10  cards
IUCN RED LIST U3
Iucn red list,
Factors used to determine the con...,
Population size
10  cards
ARGUMENTS TO PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY
Arguments to preserve biodiversity,
Aesthetic,
Ecological
6  cards
APPROACHES TO CONSERVATION U3
Approaches to conservation,
In situ,
Ex situ
8  cards
PROTECTED AREAS
Size,
Edge effects,
Shape
5  cards
UNIT 5.1
Soil,
Soil is a dynamic system,
Leaching
5  cards
UNIT 5.2
Types of farming,
Types of terrestrial food systems,
Commercial farming
13  cards
INEQUALITIES IN FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Food inequalities arise from,
Changes in dietary preferences,
Increase in world food prices
8  cards
FOOD WASTE
Food waste,
Food waste,
Ledc s
8  cards
SOIL CONSERVATION
Soil conditioning organic materials,
Wind reduction techniques,
Cultivation techniques
4  cards
COMMERCIAL VS SUBSISTENCE FARMING
Commercial farming systems,
Subsistence farming systems
2  cards
ISSUES WITH ACQUACULTURE
Issues around aquaculture include,
Habitat loss,
Pollution
7  cards
UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING PRACTICES
Declining fish stocks could resul...,
Sustainable fishing means,
Mitigating unsustainable exploita...
4  cards
WATER POLLUTION MANAGEMENT STARTEGIES
1 reducing human activities that ...,
2 reducing the release of polluti...,
3 removing pollutants from the en...
3  cards

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