TMA4/BIO412

TMA Quiz Questions TMA: TMA4/BIO412 SCORE-9.00 BIO412 - Wildlife Ecology and convervation Mr. Adams Abiodun (aadams@noun.edu.ng ) 1 The Support Zone Community Programme (SZCP) by the National Park authority provides Provides food and funds for improvised communities Incentives and benefits to local communities to enlist their interest and participation in wildlife conservation Provides logging regulation to communities Reduce bush fires and deforestation 2 The threat of wildlife resources mainly come from the following except loss of species and sub-species invasion by alien species over-hunting or harvesting of natural resources inadequate government subsidy 3 Which of the following is the reason behind the decline in the species of fauna in Nigeria? global warming eco tourism governmental care destruction of their habitat 4 Why was it hypothesized that people fail to link wildlife conservation and management to social services provision? Services does not distinguish those who comply with the natural resource management rules from those who do not Services don’t properly encourage people about wildlife conservation and management Services punishes those comply with the natural resource management rules and encourage those who do not Services don’t care about resource management rules 5 Forest policy improvement enhances _____________and ____________ global warming, deforestation sustainable management and poor infrastructure Sustainable management, utilization of forest resources poaching and logging 6 Which federal ministry published the National Forest Policy? Federal ministry of forest development Federal ministry of Land, Works and Housing Federal Ministry of Agriculture Federal Ministry of health 7 The Agricultural Policy of Nigeria was published in the year 1981 1984 1988 1989 8 Which of the following objectives was not published in the Agricultural policy of Nigeria? Creation of man-made forests for specific end uses Increase of employment opportunities Development of national parks and game reserves Encouragement of logging practices 9 The Nigeria Conservation Foundation was established in the year 1980 1981 1982 1983 10 The establishment of the Nigeria Conservation Foundation marked the beginning of Federal involvement in the degradation of conservation ethics in the country Public involvement in the degradation of conservation ethics in the country Organized private involvement in the promotion of conservation ethics in the country Organized federal involvement in the demotion of conservation ethics in the country 11 Nigeria goals of managing wildlife for tourism for preservation of a national heritage remain hard to press for all the following reasons except one The face of mounting economic problems Expanding population Global warming The continuing destruction of wildlife habitat 12 Under Nigeria constitution, forest estate belongs to the Federal government State government Local government Traditional council 13 What are the major threats to wildlife in Nigeria? Over population of animals and poaching Logging and over grazing Deforestation and global warming Over hunting and poaching 14 Which of the following is not a challenge affecting our wildlife management? A general lack of governance and awareness of conservation issues in communities Encroachment by the people as well as illegal farms around the forest Poor waste management Forest fires 15 Protection of endangered species is a _______of environmental conservationist disgrace mistake a.    disadvantage triumph 16 Government should provide scholarships and incentive to students in_________ based courses in the universities in order to encourage wildlife conservation practices. agricultural engineering fisheries marine technology biodiversity conservation 17 The local people encourage the growth of desirable plant species by burning the bush. This system sometimes referred to as the fire plowing plowing downstream plowing upstream bushman plowing 18 What does WWF presently stand for? World Wildlife Fund World wildlife future World Wide Fund For Nature Wide Wildlife funds 19 The objectives of CBD are as follows except Conservation of biological diversity The sustainable use of its components The fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources Limiting global warming and its effect on animal diversity 20 CBD stands for the Conservation of Biological Diversity Connecting Biological Diversity Worldwide Convention on Biological Diversity Comparing Biological Diversity