Demostrate knowledge of nature conservation in terms of it's role and function in society:

Specific Outcome1:
Explain the concept and principals of nature conservation in broad terms

- Nature conservation is an environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life and earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

- Protect nature and preserve life.
- Nature ~ Earth's natural world.
- Conservation ~ To maintain, protect, conserve and to keep alive.
- Nature conservation is essential for human survival.
- Biodiversity means "Life".
~ A variety of life on earth.
~ Living organisms.

Specific Outcome 2:
Outline the history of Nature Conservation.


- Paul Kruger ~ Establishment of Kruger National Park, (Established in the early 1926).
- Paul Kruger was the president of Transvaal, (1884-1902).
- Game Reserves ~ (First one's), 1884 Pangola and Sabi Game Reserves.
- At Sondela ~ History would be the "Koppies,Tambuki,Piccinini's and the Loerie".

Species of diversity:Problems with multi-species conservation.

- South Africa urgently requires a national strategic plan  for the conservation of the country's biodiversity. The formulation of such a plan would be relatively easy if centers (hotspots) of richness and rarity were congruent, both within and among many different taxa if these hotspots captured a large proportion of the total species, and if hotspots fell within existing reserves.


Farmers perspective on animal welfare:

- Animals welfare is an extremely important aspect of any family system which needs to relate to why the animal is kept in the first place.
- In a normal farming system the animal is there to provide economic return to the business through the outlet or another.


Specific Outcome 3:
Demonstrate the relevance of nature conservation principals to society:


- Economical values: This is one of many ways to measure value, although there are other important ways as well, this can help to assist with economical choices and decisions.
- This is based on what people want.
- Aesthetics ~is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, taste, with the creation  and appreciation of beauty.
- Ecological value: The magnitude of a given ecological function, typically expressed as worth to society or to a species survival.


Specific Outcome 4:
Explain the inter-relatedness within ecosystems:

- Food chains ~ It shows how each living thing gets its food.
- Some animals eats plants and some eats animals.
- Food chains starts at plants and ends with an animal.
~Plants:Produce
~Herbivores:Animals that eats plants
~Carnivores:Animal eat animal
~Omnivores:Eat animals and plants.
- Food chains has a maximum of 4-5 links.


Specific outcome 5:
Identify scarce plants and animals and give an example of agencies:

- IUCN ~ International, Union for the Conservation of Nature.
- NGO's ~ Non Government Organisation.
- TRAFFIC ~ Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Conservation.
- WWF ~ World Wildlife Fund.
- CITES ~ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.


CITES Categories:
1. Contains species threatened with extinction (Rhino's)
2. Contains species that, although not threatened with extinction now, might become so useless trade in them is strictly regulated.
3. Contains species that are protected in at least one country that has asked other CITES parties for help in containing trade.


Red data list ~ Endangered, Extinct, Critically endangered, Threatened and least concerned)
Example: The Kwagga is extinct.