Brazilian Rainforest Conservatiom Efforts

Question 1

Designated areas protecting Brazilian Rainforest from logging and agriculture

Answer 1

National parks/forests reserves/indigenous lands

Question 2

Method where only selected valuable trees like real or mahogany are felled to ensure forest regeneration

Answer 2

Selective logging

Question 3

Practise of replacing cut trees to maintain forest canopy and promote re-afforestation

Answer 3

Canopy maintenance

Question 4

Satellite launched by the Brazilian Space Agency to monitor deforestation

Answer 4

DETER satellite

Question 5

Efforts by the Brazilian government to prevent deforestation through law enforcement

Answer 5

Deforestation prevention

Question 6

Simultaneous cultivation of trees and crops for soil erosion prevention and nutrient benefits

Answer 6

Agroforestry

Question 7

UN (United nations) initiative to reduce emissions, degradation and deforestation by paying for forest preservation in developing countries

Answer 7

REDD programme

Question 8

Companies play for Rainforest preservation and reforestation to reduce climate change by absorbing the carbon dioxide their factories produce

Answer 8

Carbon offsetting

Question 9

Increased efforts to patrol roads entering the Rainforest to combat illegal activities

Answer 9

Law enforcement of Rainforest Crime