ES Ch 8 Review

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Second-growth forest

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A second-growth forest is a forest that regrows after a disturbance such as logging or a fire.

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What is selective cutting?

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Selective cutting is a method of logging that involves the removal of specific trees while leaving the surrounding trees intact.

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Deforestation usually begins with

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clearing of trees for logging roads in the forest

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Areas that protect reserves but allow local people to sustainably use resources are called

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buffer zones

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When countries receive financial benefit for protecting important ecosystems it is called

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Debt-for-nature swaps

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Strips of vegetation that grows along streams or rivers is called

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riparian zones

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A healthy ecosystem that could help preserve a neighboring ecosystem is a

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life raft ecosystem

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Ecosystem restoration involves

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returning degraded ecosystems to their original state

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Mapping and inventorying ecosystems is the first step in

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an ecosystem approach to sustaining terrestrial diversity

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Which type of commercial fishing is most damaging to marine habitats? Options: Purse seining, Gillnetting, Longlining, Bottom trawling

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Bottom trawling