Environmental Systems and Societies · Topic 3: Biodiversity and conservation
ES3.3 — Conservation and regeneration
Environmental Systems and Societies · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
Why and how we conserve
Arguments for preservation, and the ex situ, in situ and mixed strategies used to act on them.
Treaties, habitats and reserve design
The Convention on Biological Diversity, habitat protection and active management, and how the size and shape of reserves affect biodiversity.
Rewilding and the planetary boundary
Regenerating natural processes through rewilding, and using conservation at all levels to stay within the biodiversity planetary boundary.
Worldviews and value systems
How ecocentric versus anthropocentric and technocentric perspectives shape conservation choices, and what makes strategies succeed.
HL: Organizations, feedback and rewilding trade-offs
What determines organizations' success, how restoration triggers positive feedback loops, and the benefits and limitations of rewilding.
HL: Assessing success and ecotourism
Judging conservation success at three levels, and how ecotourism can both help and harm communities and ecosystems.