4.4 Management and Conservation of the Environment

• The environment, and forms of environmental degradation
• Factors that lead to degradation of the environment
• Effects of environmental degradation on society
• Soil conservation measures
• Afforestation, reafforestation and agroforestry
• Controlling pollution and managing waste
• Laws, institutions and people in environmental conservation
• Creative management and conservation of the immediate environment

• explore factors that lead to the degradation of the environment in the community
• describe the effects of environmental degradation in society
• design measures to manage and conserve the environment for sustainability
• apply creative thinking skills in managing and conserving the immediate environment
• acknowledge the importance of managing and conserving the environment

“Why is it important to conserve the degraded environment?”

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1. The environment and its degradation
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   Soil erosion, deforestation, pollution, desertification, wetland loss and biodiversity loss.
2. Factors that lead to degradation
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   Cutting trees, overgrazing, poor farming, mining, urbanisation, waste and population pressure.
3. Effects of environmental degradation
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   Food and water shortage, floods, disease, poverty, conflict, lost species and climate change.
4. Conserving soil
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Terraces, contour ploughing, cover crops and gabions keep soil and water on the land.
5. Growing trees back
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Afforestation, reafforestation and agroforestry: soil, water, products and carbon.
6. Controlling pollution
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Air, water, land and noise pollution, their sources, and the laws and habits that control them.
7. Laws, institutions and people
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   Article 42, EMCA and NEMA, the forest and wildlife services, counties, and every citizen.
8. Caring for our immediate environment
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Survey, plan, act, sustain: creative conservation of the school and home.