ib geography freshwater wetland management

IB GeographyFreshwater Wetland

ManagementObjectives:

1. Describe the role of wetlands as a water resource.

2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the management strategies that have been adopted in Florida USA.

Wetlands as a water

resource

Over to you…

• http://www.water.ncsu.edu/watershedss/info/wetlands/values.html

• Visit the hyperlink above.

• Make some notes on all the different benefits of Wetlands as a water resource.

• Try to include annotated diagrams where possible.

The Kissimmee River

Management Strategy Case Study.

• http://my.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/xweb%20protecting%20and%20restoring/kissimmee%20river

• Use the hyperlink above to explain the background to the project.

• What happened to this natural system?• Why was the system altered? … in response to

what?• How was it altered?• Outline the problems that this caused to the system

Since 1992

• After watching the video on the previous slide and having made notes on the content, study the following PDF

• http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Everglades/Branches/ProjectExe/Sections/UECKLO/DOCS/KRR/Kissimmee_FS_Nov2009.pdf

• Outline the major developments since 1992 in the restoration of the Kissimmee River system.

Evaluating the Scheme• Watch the ‘Aqua Kids’ video on last slide.• Study the following PDF carefully.• http://my.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/

xrepository/sfwmd_repository_pdf/belowthesurface.krr20081020.pdf

• Make notes to keep for your revision – perhaps as a mind map..?!

• Answer the following IB question• Evaluate the effectiveness of the management

strategies that have been adopted in a major wetland. (15) … target 1 ½ pages.