Assignment

Ecosystem presentations should cover the following:

1. Where is it?

2. Does it have high biodiversity of any particular taxonomic groups?

3. What are some of the most important species from a conservation perspective?

4. What are the major threats to conservation?

5. What are the major conservation areas? Are additional conservation areas planned?

Don't worry about being comprehensive. You won't be able to cover all important species, all major threats, or all major conservation areas. Focus on doing a good job of presenting those species, threats, and conservation areas that you do choose to cover. Also, since you get to choose the subset of species, threats, etc. that you are covering, there is no reason for factual inaccuracies. Including factual inaccuracies will lead to point deductions. Finally, be sure that you practice the presentation beforehand and time it. Presentations that don't leave any time for questions will also be penalized.