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\fQuestion 10 I125 pts What is the main reason why tiger farming has not been successful at conserving wild tigers? It confuses consumers and makes them more willing to tun.r tiger products The farmed tigers are lower quality.r than the wild ones Because the farmed tigers cannot be successfully.r reintroduced into the wild The costs of tiger farming are so high that cheaper poached tiger products still have signicant demand \fQuestion 3 I125 pts Which of the following is NOT an important factor in the effectiveness of an implemented biodiversitv offset? - Ecosvstem tvpe of both the affected site and the conserved area. {:3- How close the conserved area is to the affected site c:- How long the conserved area will be protected c:- How long the preserved area will talte to become eo Liivalent to the developed site {3- Hone of the above Question 4 Ecotourism is supposed to work for conservation because: (select all that apply) It provides payment for conservation activities It provides an incentive for alternative land uses O It provides an incentive for alternative labor allocations O Foreign governments are more likely to provide aid to countries with strong eco-tourism appeallQuestion 5 I125 pts Which of the following is an example of moral hazard in the Snow.r Leopard Insurance Program [select all that apply]: |:| Only ranchers near leopard habitat purchase the insurance |:| Ranchers le insurance claims for goats that died of natural causes |:| Ranchers who have the insurance cease maintaining fences or employing security.r to protect the goats |:| Ranchers claim to have more goats than they really do Question 6 I125 ots Which of the following is NOT a benet of the Markhor trophy hunting program? C:- The money raised from selling hunting permits benefits the local community C:- The revenue gives locals an incentive to recluce livestock grazing {:- The hunts increase international awareness of Markhor and their conservation status {:- Guicles are hired from among the local community Question 7 0.25 pts How could the Markhor Trophy Hunting program interfere with Snow Leopard Conservation? Markhor might kill/injure small/young snow leopards that aren't experienced hunters O Locals might kill snow leopards to protect markhor O Hunters might also kill snow leopards while they are hunting markhor O With more markhor and fewer goats, snow leopards will have a harder time hunting their prey, so their populations will decreaseQuestion 3 I125 pts Whv has the development and conversion of land for human use been so detrimental to wild tiger populations? l[select all that applv} |:| Conversion of land for human use results in less prevr species. so the area can support tewertigers |:| Much of the converted land was important tiger breeding areas. and they.r are struggling to nd places to raise cubs I:I Roads make it cheaperl'easier for poachers to hunt tigers I:I Tigers require large connected areas of land. and the fragmentedl'disconnected areas of undeveloped natural habitat are insufcient to support them. Question 9 I125 pts Poaching tigers and trading their body.r parts has been illegal in most countries. for quite some time. why is poaching still a major problem? The countries which have the largest demand have not declared it illegal {:3- The fines and jail penalties are not VIEW large in most countries with Iwild tigers {:3- Monitoring and enforcement are weak in most countries with wild tigers Trade in captive tiger parts has made it east.f to trade poached tiger parts by falsifying the paperwork