Paper 3 · November 2023 · Transport and Gas Exchange
A common source of conflict between conservationists and crop farmers is that
Aconservationists routinely encourage farmers to clear more natural habitat for farmland.
Bfarmers are never affected in any way by restrictions on protected areas.
Cwild animals raiding crops cause direct economic loss to farmers.
Dprotected predators are legally required to be relocated onto farmland.
Explanation
Elephants, baboons, birds and other wildlife feeding on or trampling crops cost farmers money directly, which is one of the clearest and most common sources of tension with conservation efforts that protect those animals.
Derived from ZIMSEC Biology 6030/3 Paper 3, November 2023, Q7