Questions
Question 1
The image shows a bar chart of the percentage of species threatened with extinction that fall into three categories of international wildlife trade control. CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) is an international agreement that sets rules for cross-border trade in listed wild animals and plants to help safeguard species.
State which conservation status categories are usually included when a species is described as “threatened with extinction.”
Describe how threatened species are distributed among the three trade-control categories shown in the figure.
Suggest one reason why some species that are threatened with extinction might still not appear in any trade-control category.
Evaluate the claim that “the pattern in the figure shows conservation targeting is optimal.” Use one piece of evidence from the figure and one limitation not visible in the figure, then give a reasoned judgement.