Environmental Management
All 126 specification statements from the official Cambridge International specification, as printed.
1. Continents and oceans
identify and name the world’s continents and major
2. Country classification by income level
describe the income groups the World Bank uses limited to countries with: to classify countries:
3. Sustainability
4. The water cycle
describe the water cycle limited to:
5. The structure and composition of the atmosphere
state the major components of the Earth’s limited to: atmosphere:
describe the structure of the Earth’s
outline the natural greenhouse effect that
6. Ecosystems
state the biotic and abiotic components of an
outline examples of biotic interactions limited to:
state the word and chemical equations for
state the word and chemical equation for
describe the carbon cycle limited to the stages:
1. The scientific method
2. Environmental research in the context of climate change
using examples related to climate change,
using examples related to climate change,
3. Collection of environmental data
describe and explain factors influencing the including: suitability of random sampling or systematic sampling strategies for different studies:
4. Data collection techniques and data analysis
describe techniques used to collect sample limited to: data traps, sweep nets, beating trays, kick sampling, light traps, capture-mark-recapture:
use data to:
5. The use of technology in data collection and analysis
state that there are methods of data collection including: that include the use of technology:
outline the benefits and limitations of the including benefits and limitations of: analysis of big data:
1. Human population dynamics and structure
define and calculate dependency ratio
2. Impacts of human population change
describe the impacts of ageing populations on including: countries:
3. Managing human population change
describe and evaluate strategies for managing a including: changing population women and antinatalist polices, United Nations (UN) Agenda 21, The Club of Rome. (Detailed knowledge of these policies is not required.):
1. Ecosystems (4.1)
2. Managing the conservation of biodiversity
describe and explain the benefits of conserving including: biodiversity:
describe and evaluate legislation and protocols limited to: as methods of conserving biodiversity (CITES) (ITTO) (IUCN) Red List detailed knowledge of international agreements is not required:
describe and evaluate habitat conservation and including: creation as methods of conserving biodiversity habitats:
3. Impacts of human activity on ecosystems
describe and explain the impacts of human including: activity on tropical rainforests:
describe and evaluate strategies for managing including: the impacts of human activity on tropical rainforests detailed knowledge of international agreements is not required:
describe and explain the impacts of human including: activity on Antarctica:
describe and evaluate strategies for managing including: the impacts of human activity on Antarctica Antarctic Treaty 1959) detailed knowledge of international agreements is not required:
1. Food security
describe and explain causes of food insecurity limited to: and threats to food security homogeneity in global food supply:
outline the impacts of food insecurity limited to:
describe and evaluate strategies for managing including: food security extensification modified (GM) crops to developing pest- resistant crops and crops with a higher yield fertilisers in areas short of nutrients competition from weeds by the use of herbicides, reducing fungal disease by use of fungicides, reducing pest species by use of biological control crops:
2. Energy resources
classify energy resources as renewable or
define energy security as the reliable availability
describe and explain the causes of energy including: insecurity income groups:
outline the impacts of energy insecurity including: industry of living:
describe and evaluate strategies for managing including: energy security neutral fuels:
3. Waste management
describe methods of waste disposal and limited to: treatment
explain the impacts of waste disposal methods including: contamination of ground water methane (CH ) with a danger of explosions:
describe and evaluate strategies to reduce the including: impacts of waste disposal:
1. Global water distribution
describe the distribution of the Earth’s water
explain the causes of water insecurity including: flooding including deforestation and urbanisation industrial, energy and domestic sectors salinisation water-poor regions and rural areas:
explain the impacts of water insecurity including: limited to diarrhoea and cholera:
describe and evaluate strategies for managing including: water security supply (piped supply, aquifers and artesian wells, boreholes, gravity-fed schemes, reservoirs and dams) techniques, growing crops less dependent on high water supply, recycling and rain water catchment) (detailed knowledge of international agreements is not required):
1. Acid deposition
describe the two types of acid deposition
outline the formation of acid deposition
outline the impacts of acid deposition on: limited to:
2. Photochemical smog
describe the impacts of photochemical smog including:
3. Managing air pollution
describe strategies for managing air pollution including: and fuel desulfurisation ○ safe usage, storage and disposal of household products (detailed knowledge of specific legislation and agreements is not required):
4. Ozone depletion
outline how ozone depletion occurs
describe the impacts of ozone depletion due to including: the increased amounts of ultraviolet radiation ecosystems construction:
outline the impacts associated with the use including: of some alternatives to ozone depleting substances:
outline the importance of experimental
1. Climate change
state the major sources of greenhouse gas including: emissions from human activities water vapour):
outline the difficulties of monitoring and including: predicting climate change past climate conditions (ice cores, tree rings, historical accounts) computer climate models which use different variables understood drawing conclusions has resulted in differences in scientific and political opinion:
2. The impacts of climate change
state the impacts of climate change on the including changes in: environment
describe the impacts of climate change on including: human populations weather events leading to flooding and loss of land, drought and wild fires extreme weather events outbreaks:
3. Managing climate change
describe strategies for managing climate including: change through the reduction of greenhouse
outline geo-engineering strategies to counteract including: climate change stratospheric aerosols: