Global Sustainability
Describe a biophysical condition required for salmon farming.
Cold climate, latitude of 40-70, around 14C, 20-50m depth
Describe one management strategy used in the Great Barrier Reef.
Zoning, Reef restoration, Agricultural runoff restrictions
Why is New York a world city?
Its economic and cultural authority: wall street, UN headquarters, Fortune 500 companies, World trade organisation, the MET
A town that acts as a hub for surrounding rural areas by offering services like healthcare, education, and transport is called?
A regional centre
Identify one current trend in Salmon Farming
Pressure to address industry sustainability or technologies in salmon farming
What is an atmospheric process in the Everglades?
Climate, wet season, hurricanes
Explain the economic change affecting Oran Park.
cause: A new town centre has brought shops, businesses, office space and retail
effect: evolving into a more economically self-sufficient suburb, with increased local employment opportunities reducing the need for long commutes.
What is dynamic equilibrium?
A state of balance within an ecosystem where changes occur, but the system adjusts to maintain stability over time.
Name a Sustainable Development Goal and link it to Salmon Farming
Examples:
SDG 14 Life Before Water: reducing cross breading, disease and pest spreading.
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production: reduce transport emissions, RAS capture and process waste
How many of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) elements have been completed?
24 / 68
Up to 300 properties in Bellingen are now used for this purpose, driving up housing demand
Short-term rentals (STRs)
Crossing this ecological threshold can cause rapid and often irreversible changes in an ecosystem
Tipping point
Explain how one technology is making salmon farming more sustainable.
Supercooling decreases packaging and transportation. Tripliodisation protects against cross breeding. Selective breeding protects water quality and less use of disease treatments
Explain the difference between a positive and negative feedback loop
A positive feedback loop accelerates the original process whereas negative feedback loops diminish or balance
Evaluate the effectiveness of the challenge of space in Singapore
Verticalisation or land reclamation
A regional centre is ...
A town that acts as a hub for surrounding rural areas by offering services like healthcare, education, and transport.
Explain the benefit sharing agreement of salmon farming in Vancouver
Nuu-chah-nulth Seafood LP is now a First Nation owned seafood enterprise in Vancouver. They employ First Nations people and recently developed the largest smokehouse largest cannery and smokehouse in Vancouver to enable these First Nations groups to sell native smoked salmon foods.
Compare a sociocultural factor that influence the management of one ecosystem type at two locations.
GBR and Mesoamerican: GBR is less relied on for survival and more for tourism, whereas Mesoamerican is depended on daily for fishing. Everglades and Okavango: In the Everglades the Seminole tribe has strong cultural ties to the ecosystem and are part of management, whereas Okavango San people use the Delta to travel and fish
Why might Singapore’s reliance on high-tech industries in Jurong be risky?
Because global competition and economic shocks could reduce demand for advanced manufacturing, making the economy vulnerable to external changes.
Explain benefit sharing with an example
Benefit sharing is a formal agreement ensuring Indigenous Peoples share equally in the benefits that arise from their knowledge and resources. Examples include: Hoodia plant, sceletium plant