Chapter 1 Adaptive Environmental Management Part 2

What is coastal land reclamation?

• Building new roads along the coast

• Creating land in coastal areas by filling in water

• Planting trees on coastal dunes

• Removing coastal land for farming

Which of the following is a potential environmental impact of coastal land reclamation?

• Improved biodiversity

• Loss of natural habitats

• Reduced urbanization

• Decreased pollution

Which ecosystem service is most affected by coastal land reclamation?

• Water purification

• Pollination

• Fisheries and marine habitats

• Soil erosion

What is one method used in eco-engineering to reduce the negative impacts of coastal land reclamation?

• Building concrete sea walls

• Creating artificial reefs

• Removing sediment from the coast

• Constructing large-scale ports

Eco-engineering in coastal areas focuses on:

• Industrial development

• Sustainable practices that work with natural ecosystems

• Increasing urban sprawl

• Maximizing profit

What is the focus of short-term goals in coastal management?

• Long-term ecosystem resilience

• Immediate solutions to pressing environmental problems

• Addressing climate change over decades

• Sustainable land-use practices

In adaptive management, how is risk addressed?

• By understand uncertainties

• By testing and adjusting strategies over time

• By relying on fixed strategies

• By avoiding experimentation

In active adaptive management, decisions are based on:

• Pre-determined rules

• Controlled experiments to test hypotheses

• Guesswork and assumptions

• Long-term fixed strategies

Which of the following is a characteristic of passive adaptive management?

• Testing alternative strategies through experimental approaches

• Relying on historical data and observations for decision-making

• Using stakeholder feedback to design experiments

• Ignoring previous management outcomes

An example of passive adaptive management would be:

• Testing a new land restoration technique through small-scale experiments

• Monitoring how a river’s water quality improves after implementing a new policy based on past experiences

• Comparing two different water management techniques through field trials

• Adjusting policies after multiple experiments and stakeholder input