1.2.2 Sustainable Management Of The Tropical Rainforest

Question 1

Levele of sustainability managing

Answer 1

International
National
Local

Question 2

International level sustainable managements

Answer 2

Tropical Timber Agreement 2006
CITES
Debt reduction
Conservation and education by NGOs

Question 3

Tropical timber agreement 2006

Answer 3

Restricts the trade in hardwoods taken from the tropical rainforest

Question 4

What does CITES stand for?

Answer 4

the Convention on International Trade in Endagered Species

Question 5

What do CITES do?

Answer 5

Blocks the illegal trade of rare/endangered animals and plants

Question 6

Debt Reduction by HICs

Answer 6

When a HIC agrees to reduce the debt of a country in order for it to focus on sustainable management

Question 7

What do Conservation and education by NGOs do?(3p)

Answer 7

• provide training
• promote the conservation message
• buy up threatened areas

Question 8

What can governments do on a national level to protect and develop the trf? (3p)

Answer 8

• create reserves
• stop the abuse of the rainforest by developers
• makes suject like environmental studies a compulsory part of school part of the school curriculum

Question 9

Problem with national sustainable management: (2p)

Answer 9

• Not many governments are willing to do anything that might slow down the rate of economic development
• Governments are unwilling to enforce and monitor laws that conserve and protect the rainforest

Question 10

Types of local level sustainable management (5p)

Answer 10

Selective Logging
Stopping illegal logging
Agroforestry
Replanting
Ecotourism

Question 11

Selective logging

Answer 11

Only felling tree when they are fully grown

Question 12

Way to stop illegal logging

Answer 12

Satellites and drones can help to monitor this

Question 13

Agroforestry

Answer 13

Growing crops in cleared area within the rainforest

Question 14

Replanting

Answer 14

Growing seeds from primary forest in nurseries and then planting them back in deforested areas

Question 15

Ecotourism aims

Answer 15

It aims to educate visitors and minimise the consumption of non-renewable resources

Question 16

Example of debt reduction by HICs

Answer 16

• The USA agreed to debt forgiveness with Columbia of $10 million over 12 years to protect their section of the rainforest

Question 17

Example of conservation and education by NGOs

Answer 17

• WWF started a partnership to establish and manage parks in Brazil and WWF have donated $500,000 towards this cause
• Created 21 million hectares of new protected areas in the Amazon over 2 years (2004-2006)
• This has more than doubled the areas of protection before the programmes initiation

Question 18

Example of national level sustainable management (IBAMA)

Answer 18

• IBAMA
• Armed personnel try to catch those responsible for deforestation by using GIS maps made by scientists since 1978
• In 2015, the person considered to he the Amazon’s largest deforestation was caught and deforestation subsequently dropped by 65%

Question 19

Example of Ecotourism

Answer 19

-Yachana lodge( hotel) in Ecuador
- It is set in 1200 hectares of protected rainforest
- They educate tourists on the environment and 100% profit goes to their education projects in the local area to improve poverty