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$25.00 Simien National Park -- Outline + Paper
Found in Biology: General-BiologyChapter 1, # 0
Q:. Research an ecological property on the World Heritage in Danger List on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Web site at http://whc.unesco.org/en/danger Research the property using sources other than the UNESCO site. (Some places on the World Heritage in Danger List are not natural properties. Do not use cultural, archaeological, or architectural sites for this project.)
2. Locate at least three Web sites or references other than the UNESCO Web site.
3. Approach this project from the perspective of someone searching for funding to support preservation programs.
4. Create an outline for your paper that identifies the ecological uniqueness of the plant and animal life in your chosen property. Your outline must address the following:
• Describe the diversity of life forms found in the area.
• Describe the biological interrelationships among the life forms in the area.
• The human intrusions threatening the area.
• The protections that exist to safeguard and preserve the area.
• The efforts that have been made to further this preservation.
• What an individual can do to help preserve the diversity of the area.
5. Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper expanding on the topics researched for your UNESCO Research Outline. Address the following in the paper:
• Describe the diversity of life forms found in the area.
• Describe the biological interrelationships among the life forms in the area.
• The human intrusions threatening the area.
• The protections that exist to safeguard and preserve the area.
• The efforts that have been made to further this preservation.
• What an individual can do to help preserve the diversity of the area.
• What additional measures to insure the preservation of the property would you propose?
• What will be lost if intrusion goes unchecked? Appeal to the biological diversity.
