Biology (Combined Science) · GCSE · AQA · AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (8464) — Biology — Foundation · Specification point · 4.7.3.3 · Ecology · Biodiversity and the effect of human interaction on ecosystems
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4.7.3.3 Land use
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Humans reduce the amount of land available for other animals and plants by building, quarrying, farming and dumping waste. | |
The destruction of peat bogs, and other areas of peat to produce garden compost, reduces the area of this habitat and thus the variety of different plant, animal and microorganism species that live there (biodiversity). The decay or burning of the peat releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. | WS 1.4, 1.5 Understand the conflict between the need for cheap available compost to increase food production and the need to conserve peat bogs and peatlands as habitats for biodiversity and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. There are links within this section to Global warming (page 65). |