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nAmlBIA UnlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF HEALTH, NATURAL RESOURCESAND APPLIED SCIENCES
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
DATE: NOVEMBER2024
DURATION: 3 HOURS
COURSE NAME: ECOLOGICALRESTORATION
MARKS: 75
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION 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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SECTION A: SHORT QUESTIONS
[25 MARKS)
QUESTION 1:
[8 MARKS)
List the first four steps in the 10-step approach to restoration (you may phrase these in the form
of questions or statements) and explain the purpose and content of each step, giving examples.
QUESTION 2:
[2 MARKS)
Name two of the three Rio Conventions that most closely underpin various motivations for
restoration.
QUESTION 3:
Explain what you understand under the following terms:
1. Ecological rehabilitation
4. Reclamation
2. Ecological restoration
5. Restoration ecology
3. Revegetation
[10 MARKS)
QUESTION 4:
[5 MARKS)
i.
Name the three Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia that are most
relevant as motivation for restoration.
[3]
ii.
Explain the basic motivational principle for restoration that the Constitution
provides.
[2]
SECTION B: SHORT ESSAYQUESTIONS
[20 MARKS)
QUESTION 5:
[10 MARKS)
Explain how you would use the National Rangeland Management Policy and Strategy in planning
for restoration.
QUESTION 6:
[10 MARKS)
Discussthe role and place of research in an ecological restoration plan, providing some
examples.
SECTION C: LONG QUESTIONS
[30 MARKS)
QUESTION 7:
[30 MARKS)
As an international consultant specialised in ecological restoration of any kind of degraded land,
you are given the following task: Draft a restoration plan for the foreign owner of a highly
degraded commercial small stock farm in an arid region whose main poorly defined goal is the
restoration of biodiversity (not grazing) through the introduction of mammals and planting of
trees.
i.
Define the concept of landscape literacy, providing examples from your target
affected area, and explain how this concept can be used to achieve the client's
overall project goal of net positive biodiversity impact.
[10]
ii.
Draw a diagram showing the process flow of a restoration planning effort.
[10]
iii.
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]
Ecological Restoration (ELR821S)
l't Opportunity- November 2024 QUESTIONPAPER
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