Global impacts and the Environmental and Land-based sector
Unit summary
This unit will give learners the background knowledge and insight into global environments issues, equipping them for a career in the Environmental and Land-based sector or one that is closely associated e.g. leisure construction, food production, waste management, energy, and water and will allow them to make a real difference towards achieving a sustainable society
Unit details
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03 Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care
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03.4
Environmental Conservation
Task-based controlled assessment
| Learning Outcome |
Assessment Criteria |
| 1 Understand the causes of climate change |
a. evaluate the impact of Environmental and Land-based practices on climate change
b. evaluate natural factors that affect climate change |
| 2 Understand the impact of climate change on commercial systems in the Environmental and Land-based sector |
a. evaluate the impact of ecological practices on commercial systems
b. evaluate the response of global businesses and enterprises |
| 3 Know the current issues in the management of sustainable resources |
a. explain the concept of carbon management
b. describe the implications of poor management of finite resources
c. define the drivers in environmental management on a local, national and global scale
d. describe how human pressures are managed |
| 4 Know how the impacts of climate change can be minimised |
a. describe the use of renewable resources for producing energy
b. identify innovations that can be applied for pollution, waste management and recycling |
| 5 Be able to develop a plan for a carbon neutral future |
a. generate ideas for a business or individual to become carbon neutral
b. evaluate business reliance on non-renewable resources
c. identify how renewable resources could be used to provide sustainable energy
d. review plan, identifying issues of concern for achieving carbon neutrality, and seek resolutions for future progress |