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Ranking

1. Killarney

2. Great Sandy

3. Mount Arrowsmith

The Killarney Biosphere is the top rated because it contains multiple types of ecosystems and a vast amount of different animals, some being unique to the region. this location meets the social needs of people due to the fact that it is one of the more popular tourist destinations in Ireland. It also has a national park education center that plays an important role in teaching the public to appreciate the biosphere along with the rest of the environment.

Killarney

Mount Arrowsmith

51°59′36″N 9°33′26″W

49°13′25″N 124°35′40″W

Location - South-west Ireland just beneath the city of Killarney

Location - East coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia

Size - Total area 10,129 ha

Human Threats

- Proximity to the town of Killarney

(tourist destination)

- Introduction of exotic species

- Livestock (overgrazing by large herds of domestic sheep)

Size - Total surface area 118,592 ha

Coastal Douglas-fir bio Geo-climatic zone (second-growth trees)

bogs, lakes, moorland, mountains, waterways, woodland, parks, and gardens

Human Threats

- Logging

(trees are reaching harvestable size)

- Continuous urban development pressures

- Recreational activities

Aquatic, coastal estuarine, and intertidal ecosystems

Ireland's only remaining wild herd of native Red Deer

Rare fish such as Arctic Char and Killarney Shad

Home to several bird species and aquatic life

141 bird species, several which are rare

Biodiversity

Conservation/Preservation

It is important that these ecosystems maintain a wide array of organisms to ensure that the environment stays healthy. If these biospheres can be a sanctuary for rare or endangered species than that is an added bonus that may help these species avoid extinction and allow us to study them further.

UNESCO Biospheres are meant to protect and environment form any external threat. This is key in evaluating the effectiveness of a biosphere because without the conservation/preservation of these areas they would likely not survive the threat they were being protected from.

Great Sandy

25°02′43″S 153°12′36″E

Location - Fraser Coast, Australia

Size - Total area 1,417,178 ha

located within two Endangered Ecoregions

Human Threats

- Tourist area (950,000 seasonal visitors)

- Urban infrastructure areas

"Eastern Australia Rivers and Streams’’ and “Eastern Australia Temperate Forests’’

Research

Sustainable development

Criteria

Many bird species and one of the last coastal populations of the Emu

To maintain a certain ecosystem, research must be done to find out information on the species and biological factors that can affect that environment. The preserving of the environment will also allow for more scientific research to be done.

It is important to develop these biospheres to an extent so that they can become more productive in efforts of conservation and education. the development of certain things may also lower the risk of external threats to the ecosystems.

Public use & Education

If biospheres were not being protected so that we could observe and learn from them, than why would it be necessary put so many resources into protecting them from being disturbed in any way.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

Evan Landry

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