This assignment is designed to promote investigation of some of the topics outlined in the IB biology syllabus in:
Option G ECOLOGY and CONSERVATION.

The files linked to these "Issues" contain suggested references as well as student-produced materials for seminar presentations. These files are what we would call "digital legacies" of the students who have worked through the issues in our classes.

1. Acid Rain.

2. Ozone and UV

3. Greenhouse effect - issues and solutions.

4. Energy-Alternate G5.8

6. Endangered Species and Extinction A G3.1

7. Endangered Species and Extinction B G3.2

8. Management of reserves: Introduced Species. G 3.8

9. Management of reserves: Restoration and recovery--G 3.8 G 3.7

10. Management of reserves - ex-situ measures- G 3.9

11. Monitoring Environmental Change. G 3.4

12. Management of Reserves--National Level G3.8

13. Surveys, Environmental Impact Assesment G 3.4

14. International Agencies and Measures. G3.10

15. Conservation issues with World Fisheries . G 3.5 G3.6

Biodiversity Intools:http://www.uwc.ca/pearson/ensy/biodiv.htm

A GOOD GENERAL HISTORICAL REFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY ISSUES
United Nations Environment Programme, Biodiversity Convention
Background and Text
The Convention on Biological Diversity was signed by over 150 governments at the Rio "Earth Summit" in 1992. It entered into force on 29 December 1993. UNEP home Page