biodiversity

Evaluate which view of biodiversity best represents you and explain why you feel this way. In your discussion, include 2 potential implications (either positive, negative or both) that you see in valuing biodiversity this way.

Discussion Post 2 – Why Put a Value on Nature? The main topic this week was to examine the value of biodiversity according to several different ways of thinking (anthropocentric versus biocentric). For discussion 2, evaluate which view of biodiversity best represents you and explain why you feel this way. In your discussion, include 2 […]

Produce a display and report demonstrating how you could use different management methods to enhance biodiversity for two different types of woodland.

Woodland management Scenario A local country estate has offered the chance to one student for work experience. Several students are interested in this opportunity and the estate manager has decided to run a competition to see who would best fit the role. The estate manager has asked that all competition entrants produce a display and […]

Write a paragraph about a plant or animal species (not polar bear!) who’s habitat range is shifting due to climate change.

Climate Change: Biodiversity and Species Range Shifts Impacts of climate change are many and far-reaching. In this discussion board we will explore climate change as a driver of species range shifts and biodiversity. You will post a minimum of two paragraphs: One paragraph about a plant or animal species (not polar bear!) who’s habitat range […]

Write a report based on a brief of a real-life commercial building provided by the international consultancy and construction company MACE.

Application of low/zero carbon technologies and sustainable strategies using SBEM This report is based on a brief of a real-life commercial building (office on 33 Charterhouse Street) provided by the international consultancy and construction company MACE. MACE will be delivering four guest lectures on the module (Weeks 7, 8, 16 and 21). Coursework 2 brief […]

What did you know about the ecosystems of the Lake Wales Ridge and of Florida before watching these videos?

This discussion will count as a lab grade. In this discussion, you will consider the value of biodiversity both on a local and global scale as well as how we can protect biodiversity. In Polk County, the Lake Wales Ridge supports more endemic species than almost any other ecosystem in North America. It is an […]

Examine how humans will cope differently with the ways that natural phenomena like hurricanes affect lives.

The Journey to Sustainability Imagine a future (probably a long time from now) in which human beings have achieved environmental sustainability on a global scale. That means that we as a species have figured out how to maintain a lifestyle that can go on indefinitely. Humans will exist in harmony with their environment, not needing […]

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