8.6 Flashcards
How does a Wilderness Area work?
Prevents exploitation of natural resources. Keep an area completely undisturbed from humans. Main aim is to protect the landscape.
What are the benefits of wilderness areas?
Has highest level of protection.
Area is kept pristine as humans cant touch it
Covers large areas
What are the challenges of wilderness areas?
Large areas very hard to monitor
Pressure from government to log, mine, and extract energy from forest
No money earnt
How does a national park work?
Prevents exploitation of natural resources. An area that is mostly kept in its natural state although some tourism is allowed along with biodiversity protection.
What are the positives of National parks?
Good access for tourists is allowed - so revenue can be earned.
May be established to protect a particular species
Usually covers large area so animal migration can still occur
What are the challenges of national parks?
Roads, hotels etc. for tourists can cause pollution and damage ecosystem.
Sometimes parks are managed to protect tourists from animals. They are kept apart which can prevent animal migration
How does sustainable forestry work?
Extracting timber from an area without having to damage the whole forested area in the long run. After trees are cut down, there is replanting with native taiga tree species to conserve species diversity.
What are the positives of sustainable forestry?
Logging companies are required to re-plant after logging
Can limit the number of trees felled or the size of an area cut
Selective logging means more trees protected and careful replanting is established
What are the challenges of sustainable forestry?
Some countries such as Russia struggle to enforce this due to corruption.
Often companies are given logging rights for 25 years. They cut the trees down quicker than they regrow.
It doesn’t earn as much money as clear felling - not popular with loggers
Why do some people think its important to protect Taiga forests?
They store lots of carbon - deforestation will release it and enhance global warming
Some species are only found in Taiga so deforestation could lead to extinction
Many Indigenous people depend on the forest for their traditional way of life
Why so some people want to exploit the Taiga forests?
Demand of resources is increasing - people need wood, fuel, and minerals that the forests provide.
Forest industries provide lots of jobs
Exploitation of forests generates lots of wealth for countries involved.
