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Question 1

How does deforestation in the Sumatran rain forests affect the orangutans?

Answer 1

Haven’t got space to find food, to find females to mate with, to play. Orangutans can’t jump on small leaves/branches type trees.

Question 2

How is the Gene pool affected?

Answer 2

Not enough Orangutans in an area, can cause mutations etc.

Question 3

What is transmigration?

Answer 3

These people are pushed/bribed to go live on marginal lands by the government to relive pressures on the main busy cities such as Jakarta.

Question 4

What is huge plantations with just one type of crop being grown?

Answer 4

Mono culture

Question 5

What does KitKat get from the Sumatran rain forest?

Answer 5

Oil Palm

Question 6

What is the being grown in huge plantations as mono culture?

Answer 6

Oil Palm

Question 7

What was the goverment’s point about it’s scheme in Indonesia?

Answer 7

Currently the land use is non-productive and hope that it becomes more productive. Palm oil production creates more opportunities. Multiplier effect, supports government and people, makes jobs, chances for entrepreneurship.

Question 8

What does the ‘The World Heritage Convention’ do?

Answer 8

Protect cultural and natural sites

Question 9

What is UNCLOS?

Answer 9

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Question 10

What is CITES?

Answer 10

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Question 11

What does the ‘The Ramsar Convention’ do?

Answer 11

Conserve wetlands

Question 12

What can transnational corporations do?

Answer 12

They can determine whether goods and services are produced and how – whether friendly or detrimental methods. I