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The concepts of environment, natural and anthropogenic biomes, land cover change, ecosystem structure and dynamics, biodiversity loss, climate change and sustainability
Environment,
Natural biome,
Anthropogenic biome
10
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The identification and classification of land cover changes with reference to global forests, agriculture and urban land cover
Account for forest environments,
Agriculture,
Agricultural land cover nature
6
cards
The use of remote sensing images, other spatial technologies, and fieldwork to identify and measure the location, nature, rate, extent and consequences of land cover change
Spatial modelling,
Account for spatial modelling in ...,
Account for spatial modelling in ...
5
cards
The implications of anthropogenic biomes to the functioning of the world's ecosystems
Account for the implications of a...
1
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World population growth, growing affluence, advances in technology and their impact on the nature, rate and extent of land cover change and biodiversity loss
An overview of world population,
3 main factors which will influen...,
Account for the link between fert...
7
cards
Processes of land cover change
Identify the processes of land co...,
Growth of urban settlement and ur...,
Deforestation
10
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The differences in the process of land cover change between countries due to factors such as government policy, institutional arrangements, etc.
Population size and density,
Economic world standing,
Types of government and economy
5
cards
Indigenous peoples' land management practices and their impact on land cover over time, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Overview of indigenous people s l...,
Fire,
Caring for country
3
cards
The impacts of land cover change on local and regional environments
Ecosystem services,
Monoculture,
Watershed area
9
cards
The classification and spatial distribution of the world’s biomes
2 major factors influencing the d...,
3 types of biomes,
Overview of the spatial distribut...
15
cards
The key elements of ecosystem structure and dynamics (biotic and abiotic elements, food chains and webs, biomass, trophic levels, flows of matter and energy)
Biotic and abiotic elements,
Food chains,
Food webs
7
cards
The causes (natural and anthropogenic) of declining biodiversity
Biodiversity,
Earth s five major extinction events,
Five main causes of mass extincti...
10
cards
The rates of biodiversity loss for major groups of life forms
Amphibians,
Birds,
Fish
7
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One major type of evidence for loss of biodiversity through geological time and recent human history
One major type of evidence for lo...,
One major type of evidence for lo...
2
cards
Approaches to land cover restoration and rehabilitation, and the mitigation of future land cover changes, including preservation strategies
Restoration,
Rehabilitation,
One approach to restoration
7
cards
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