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ELR821S-ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION-2ND OPP-JAN 2025 |
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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEn CE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,NATURALRESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION : BACHELOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT HONOURS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BNRH
LEVEL: 8
COURSE CODE: ELR821S
COURSE NAME: ECOLOGICALRESTORATION
DATE: JANUARY 2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 75
SECONDOPPORTUNITY/SUPPLEMENTARYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Professor Theo Wassenaar
MODERATOR: Mrs Elbe Brunette
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all the questions.
2. Write neatly and clearly.
3. Mark all answers clearly with their respective question numbers.
4. All written work MUST be done in blue or black ink.
5. No books, notes and other additional aids are allowed.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1.
Examination paper
2.
Examination script
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 1 PAGE (Excluding this front page)
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SECTIONA: SHORTQUESTIONS
{25MARKS1
QUESTION 1:
[8 MARKS)
Discuss the meaning of ecological structure, function and composition, and explain how these
properties of an ecosystem can be used in planning for restoration.
QUESTION 2:
[2 MARKS]
Name two Namibian Acts that contain clauses that either explicitly underwrite and support
ecological rehabilitation or restoration, or that strongly imply a role for restoration in promoting
sustainable utilisation of natural resources.
QUESTION 3:
[10 MARKS]
List 5 of the national strategies to address land degradation in Namibia, and briefly explain what
each entail, emphasising its link to restoration.
QUESTION 4:
[5 MARKS]
Fill in the missing words in this list of steps that pertain to the seven key steps in the definition
of a monitoring programme.
[5]
1. Clearly define ____
and----~
2. Compile existing ______
_,
3. Develop _____
models and associated ____
_ _ ___
questions,
4. Prioritizing indicators,
5. Defining the _____
scope and developing an overall sampling design,
6. Develop monitoring ____
_,
7. Establish data management, ______
and _____
procedures
SECTIONB: SHORTESSAYQUESTIONS
{20MARKS1
QUESTION 5:
[10 MARKS]
Explain how you would use the National Drought Policy and Strategy in planning for restoration.
QUESTION 6:
[10 MARKS]
Discussthe role and place of monitoring in an ecological restoration plan, emphasising the
critical aspects that are required to implement a monitoring plan.
SECTIONC: LONG QUESTIONS
{30MARKS1
QUESTION 7:
[30 MARKS]
You are working for an NGO that is active in the development space. Your speciality is the
ecological restoration of any kind of degraded land, you are given the following task: Draft a
restoration plan for a funder that wants to restore productivity to a degraded arid communal
rangeland. In this context, answer the questions below:
i.
Define the concept of landscape rehydration, providing examples from your target
affected area, and explain how this concept can be used to achieve the client's
overall project goal of improved productivity. Include two risk factors that might
affect the likely outcome.
[10]
ii.
Explain how you would define the ecological goal in the context of the ten steps of
restoration planning and provide a draft ecological goal or goals.
[10]
iii.
With reference to the restoration planning process flow, explain how you would
determine the most feasible ecological tools to use in restoration.
[10)
Ecological Restoration {ELR821S)
2nd Opportunity- January 2025 QUESTIONPAPER 1