CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2 · Question 5(b)
Explain why traditional slash and burn agriculture by Indigenous Caribbean Peoples is considered sustainable.
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- 5(a)State TWO ecological reasons and ONE ethical reason for conserving resources.[3 marks]
- 5(c)(i)Calculate the total mass of solid waste sent to the landfill from 1998 to 2000.[2 marks]
- 5(c)(ii)Estimate the annual mass of municipal solid waste delivered to the landfill in 2005.[2 marks]
- 5(c)(iii)State the trend illustrated in Table 5 and explain how introducing a recycling programme could mitigate this issue.[3 marks]
- 5(d)(i)Explain how natural resource conservation is achieved using EITHER land use planning and zoning regulations OR sustainable yield management.[3 marks]
- 5(d)(ii)Suggest THREE systems Caribbean governments can implement to effectively achieve natural resource conservation.[3 marks]
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