20/10/11

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Demonstrate knowledge of Nature Conservation in terms of its role and function in society.

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Explain the concept and principles of nature conservation in broad terms.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The concept of nature conservation is explained in broad terms.  Nature conservation is everything you get. E.g. flora and fauna. If you look after your biodiversity, they will preserve for future generations. To conserve is to protect a natural resource from over usage, hunting, harvesting and overall abusing. It must be done in such a manner that all aspects as people, areas and legislation agree.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The principles of nature conservation are outlined as to define the role and purpose of Nature Conservation.

The ethical base must be sustainable. 

In order to be sustainable it must work.

So there are lots of principles you must look at to let it work. E.g. Money - How are you gone get it?

If it’s unsustainable it can’t work, so it must be sustainable or more than sustainable.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

A comparison is drawn between sustainable and unsustainable use of natural resources.

There are 3 main needs to work: 1) Money – How you gone get it, where and what are you gone do to get it.

2) Culture aspects – You must look at your aspects: e.g. Local community get benefit from it, Where is the place, How you gone attract.

3) Physical aspects – e.g. You can’t kill all the animals, The road must be in good condition to ride on. All the physical aspects you must look at.

All of this must be sustainable to work.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Outline the history of nature conservation.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

An outline is given of key developments in the history of nature conservation as it applies to changing emphasis within this operational environment.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Species conservation to biodiversity conservation, animal-centered to people-centered approaches, protected areas to landscape conservation. Paradigm shift: 1)   Species conservation – Biodiversity: Biodiversity - The amount of different species, not just the different of specie. E.g. A plant species was getting les so people thought they can control to let it grow more. So they cover it, didn’t let bugs get to it. So it died, because there wasn’t any nature in to let it grow. Not in isolation to let it grow. 2) Animal – People centered: To know that people are very important to conservation. If there aren’t any people to look, eat animals all of the animals will get more. We are there to help the conservation to run smoothly.

3)   Protected areas to landscape conservations:

If you want to protect an area where animals is in, you must protect that area, but you can’t just pick a area and put all of them in there they can get themselves killed though fences. So they live in that specific area and not just one small area they go everywhere in that big area, so it is important to know where they go and then you must protect that holl big area where they go.

The higher biodiversity, the more complex, the more diversity.

How it develop in years.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Key phases in the development of Nature Conservation is identified and discussed.

Phases such as different era’s, wants, beliefs, generations changes has caused different faces in conservation as well as the impact of war, ‘groot’ trek and inhabitation of South Africa as a whole. This all leads to the realization of conserving of animals, minerals.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3

Demonstrate the relevance of nature conservation principles to society.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The value of nature conservation is explained as it applies to its aesthetic and ecological value.

Aesthetic:  How nice it looks like, the beauty of it, it also generates more attraction for tourist.

Why it is important to our people?

Because if the value of nature conservation looks nice to people they will like it or go to look at it, it catch people’s attention.

Ecological:  Look at the sustainability, the ecosystem integrity, Survival point of view.  Ensuring a stable ecological system ensures safe drinking water sources and food availability and continuous resources.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The relevance of nature conservation is explained as it applies to the legacy of nature conservation for future generations.

The legacy for future generations – The right thing to do, global warming, ecosystem collapse, heritage.

All of the future generations must be look and studied at to know what is ahead of us. It is the ethical thing to do. Conserving means those future generations will also experience the resources we do at this day in time which is only fare. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

The importance of nature conservation is explained as it applies to its economic and recreational value.

Must look at our tourism, which kind of tourism? ( Eco)

The training- Give people/workers training to know how to do things.

Then the job creation.

Medicine – How you get it, from where.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

The contribution of nature conservation to a nation's health is described.

South Africa is known for its biodiversity in cultures, conserving all these this creates attraction to south Africa from all over the world as we have some of the most beautiful places and animals to be seen as well as multiple different cultures and beliefs to experience. What we have left it makes SA a sustainable tourism industry.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4

Explain the inter-relatedness within ecosystems.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The meaning of Eco-system inter-relatedness is clarified through the use of key conservation terms.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Food chains, food webs and trophic levels.   Food chain: A food chain is where you get all the animals, that eat each other to help each other out and at the end the one died and also help out the biodiversity. E.g. The mouse eats the grass, the snake eats the mouse, the eagle eats the snake, the Serval eats the eagle. Then the serval poops into the ground and die and other animals eat it that lives in the ground. Food web: Is almost the same but all off the animals having their own food chain that they can eat or eat them. And the trophic level is where the start is till the end and starts all over again.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The importance of conserving the integrity of the habitat is explained as it applies to the promoting of the survival of species.

The importance of conserving such is to keep or develop it on a sustainable system where minimal human interaction is needed. Implementing biodiversity for example makes an eco-system even more sustainable as it widens food chains and lowers risk of starvation.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 5

Identify scarce plants and animals.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

An outline is provided of the work of local, national and international conservations agencies.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Statement:   NGO's, IUCN,TRAFFIC, WWF-SA.   NGO: No governmental organization. IUCN: International union for conserving nature TRAFFIC: TRAFFIC's Vision WWF: World wildlife fund. TRAFFIC- is of a world in which trade in wild plants and animals is managed at sustainable levels without damaging the integrity of ecological systems and in such a manner that it makes a significant contribution to human needs, supports local and national economies and helps to motivate commitments to the conservation of wild species and their habitats.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Definitions are provided along with relevant examples of what is meant by the expression "red data".

The red data is a book off all the legal and illegal information of nature conservation. The type of classes that you get of fauna and flora.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

A tabulation is given of CITES categories.

CITES: Condition of international trade any danger species.

It connects with trade, do just trades.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

An outline is provided of other degrees of scarcity/abundance of species.

An outline is given about the amount of a specie. So when you count a specie you know how many you have more or less and where they go or is, on the farm.