GCSE Edexcel Geography B 2017 (22nd May)

Not seen many threads related to this paper, how did you all find it? What do you think the grade boundaries will be like?

Paper was slightly difficult then expected the last 8 maker how can can sustainable management help conserve an extreme environment and the 6 marker about the threats to conserving a bio sphere were really awkward. I'd expect grade boundaries to move slightly but not much

For the 8 marker, I think you were supposed to talk about your case studies for international agreements like the UNCCD, Kyoto Protocol, RAMSAR etc which protect extreme environments in detail, like I talked about how UNCCD protect arid areas from the desertification process and how RAMSAR protects wetlands. I think to get full marks I should've done Kyoto Protocol, but I couldn't remember the ins and outs of it.

For that pesky 6 marker, however, it wasn't actually on the specification! After my teacher spent a long time scanning official textbooks and specification there was nothing to do with the threats involved in conserving the biosphere. I'm pretty sure I read it wrong and wrote about how it's expensive to conserve it and eco-tourism isn't completely effective. I don't think it's right though.

For that 6 marker I wrote about global scale and local scale management and the disadvantages of each of those and called them threats

Define "management" for the biosphere please? And their disadvantages?