Sustaining Biodiversity - Quiz

What's the main goal of the ecosystem approach for biodiversity?

• Maximize human benefits

• Save individual species

• Keep entire ecosystems healthy

• Boost endangered species populations

What's a key principle of the ecosystem approach?

• Focus only on cute animals

• Ignore human impacts

• Consider social, economic, and ecological aspects

• Remove all human influences

What's a "keystone species"?

• Important for ecosystem stability

• Species with the highest population

• Invasive troublemakers

• Legally protected endangered species

What's NOT considered in the ecosystem approach?

• Economic factors

• Social and cultural aspects

• Environmental justice

• Maximize resource exploitation

Why are biodiversity hotspots important?

• High human population density

• High biodiversity, high threat of habitat loss

• Low biodiversity zones

• No human influence ecosystems

What do corridors do for biodiversity?

• Block species movement

• Connect habitats for species movement

• Human development zones

• Polluted areas

Why do we conduct ecological risk assessments?

• Determine economic value

• Identify threats to biodiversity and ecosystems

• Estimate species count

• Prioritize charismatic species

What's "resilience" in ecosystems?

• Ecosystems resisting change

• Total species count

• Recovery rate from disturbances

• Economic value

How does sustainable development relate to the ecosystem approach?

• Prioritize economic growth

• Balance economic, social, and environmental goals

• Ignore biodiversity conservation

• Maximize resource exploitation

Why is traditional ecological knowledge valuable?

• Irrelevant to modern conservation

• Provides insights into local ecosystems

• Only for urban ecosystems

• Considered only for charismatic species conservation