Which of the following best describes the issue of 'opportunity costs' when considering conservation as a land use?

A Conservation tourism in the long term is significantly more profitable than agriculture when combined with other opportunities such as ranching

B Agricultural land use has significantly higher potential returns

C Seasonal variation in tourism opportunities needs to be capitalized on strategically in order to maximize profit and minimize costs

D The up-front investment necessary for engaging with ecotourism project opportunities is significant

According to the discussions covered in lecture and the reading about human-wildlife conflict, which type of conflict is likely to both be under-represented in the conservation literature and have an important impact on people's tolerance for living with wildlife.

A low-frequency/ high-severity

B high-frequency/ low-severity

C high-frequency/ high-severity

D low-frequency/ low-severity

As seen in last week's reading and discussed in these lectures, which of the following do Buscher and Fletcher (2019) propose as potential means for supporting communities that live amongst wildlife?

A The promotion of strictly non-consumptive market-based ecotourism projects to provide livelihood support

B Payment for Ecosystem Services programs that pay community members for engaging in conservation-friendly land use

C Conservation Basic Income programs that have unconditional funds for communities in order to encourage the practice of biodiversity-friendly livelihoods

D Conservation scholarship programs that provide education funding for community members that are linked to conservation programs

Which of the following statements is regarding global trends of wildlife conservation concerns is NOT true:

A Over 40% of the worlds vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1950

B Protected areas in the world increased from under 10,000 in 1950 to over 100,000 by 2010

C The last century has seen extremely high degree of population decay in vertebrates, even in common "species of low concern."

D Vertebrate populations on the planet declined by 60% on average between 1970 and 2014

As discussed in class, what proportion of wildlife populations are foundoutsideof government protected areas in Kenya?

A 26%

B 50%

C 90%

D 70%