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GCSE Environmental Science Syllabus Section 4

4.  Farming, Fisheries and Forestry

 Farming 

2.1

Rapid growth of the worlds population

2.2

The inequality of food suppies around the world

2.3

The effects of mechanisation on the landscape

2.4

Benefits of agrochemical use
2.5 Effects of pesticides
2.6 Effects of increased fertiliser use

2.7

Selective breeding: the principles, benefits and potential risks

2.8

Genetic modification: an appreciation of benefits, risks and objections

2.9

Increasing productivity by the control of indoor climates, nutrition and restriction of movement

2.10

Moral and ethical concerns relating to the welfare of animals and possible effects on human health

2.11

European Union support for farmers

2.12

Food overproduction and @food mountains'

2.13

Measures to limit the overproduction of food

2.14

Organic farming

Fisheries

2.15

Fish farming covering both advantages and disadvantages

2.16

Overfishing and decline of sea fisheries stock

2.17

Conservation methods to preserve the sea fisheries stocks

Forestry

2.18

Definition that it is the cultivation of trees

2.19

Uses of wood

2.20

Advantages of commercial forestry in the UK

2.21

Criticisms of commercial forestry in the UK

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