The aims of this section are that students will
the nature of the various components of an ecosystem
that there are variations within and between ecosystems
that human impact can have a detrimental as well as beneficial impact
on the sustainable nature of ecosystems
the end of this unit students will be able to:
that an ecosystem is a community of plants and animals within a physical
environment or habitat
that a tree serves a wide range of purposes in an ecosystem.
that the distribution of the forest ecosystem in NI has changed over
that the Belvoir estate is a region made up of areas of differing characteristics
humans may have a beneficial or detrimental impact on an ecosystem
that introduced species can alter the characteristics of the ecosystem
that the forest ecosystem is made up of a wide variety of plant and
Appreciate that the location of Belvoir as a forest within a city, results
in constant threat to the forest from development.
that there are many threats and opportunities for Belvoir forest - which
must be managed carefully if the area is to be sustainably developed.