Maintaining biodiversity

Negative effects of humans on ecosystems and biodiversity	Strategies to reduce negative impacts of humans on ecosystems and biodiversity
Deforestation increases global warming and destroys species' habitats	Protection and regeneration of rare habitats, such as rainforests
Burning fossil fuels increases global warming and industrial processes pollute air and habitats with waste chemicals	Reduction of deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions by some governments
Build-up of plastic rubbish in the oceans	Recycling resources rather than dumping waste in landfills
Overfishing damages wild food chains	Quotas on fishing
Oil spills can kill aquatic organisms and species (e.g. sea birds, sea otters, seals)	Breeding programmes for endangered species to promote reproduction varied gene pool

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