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Which animal helps Brazil nut trees?

What event showed need for sustainable fishing?

Sustainable Harvesting

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Explore the key factors for sustainable harvesting and conservation of natural resources

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1
What event showed need for sustainable fishing?
Increase in cod biomass
International fishing quotas
Collapse of Grand Banks
New fishing technologies
2
Which animal helps Brazil nut trees?
Monkeys
Birds
Agoutis
Bats
3
What type of resource are fish outside territorial waters?
Limited-access resource
Protected resource
Open-access resource
National resource
4
What is the challenge in conserving fish in international waters?
Need for cooperation
Lack of technology
Absence of regulations
Insufficient data
5
What event impacted megafauna outside Africa?
Overharvesting by humans
Climate change
Natural disasters
Development of agriculture
6
Why is Brazil nut harvesting unsustainable?
Overabundance of predators
Lack of young trees
Soil depletion
Climate change
7
What threatens Brazil nut trees?
Climate change
Logging
Competition from plants
Disease
8
Which Brazil nut harvesting approach is least successful?
Tree planting in deforested areas
Sustainable harvesting practices
Planting monocultures
Harvesting from forests
9
What is key for sustainable harvesting?
Human population growth
Species diversity
Harvesting and replacement balance
Size of harvested area
10
How has cod fishing changed since 2005?
It has been banned
It has become unsustainable
It has become sustainable
It has remained constant
11
What does maximum sustainable yield represent?
Lowest point of growth
Highest population density
Point of population decline
Maximum population growth
12
What is NOT a measure to reverse cod decline?
Reducing fishing fleet
Modifying fishing nets
Seasonal fishing bans
Creating exclusion zones