Case Studies Section B

Question 1

How much of Malaysia is tropical rainforest?

Answer 1

67%

Question 2

How does logging threaten Malaysia?

Answer 2

largest exporter of tropical wood

Question 3

What is the more sutstainable version of logging?

Answer 3

Selective logging

Question 4

Why is there transmigration in Malaysia?

Answer 4

Deurbanisation encouraged for the poor

Question 5

How much land has been felled in Malaysia due to population growth?

Answer 5

15,000 ha

Question 6

What minerals are extracted in malaysia?

Answer 6

Tin, smelting, oil, gas

Question 7

What is Malaysia the largest exporter of?

Answer 7

tropical wood and palm oil

Question 8

What makes substinance farming unsutstainable?

Answer 8

slash and burn

Question 9

How has Malaysia encouraged commercial farming?

Answer 9

10 year tax incentives

Question 10

Give an example of energy development in Malaysia

Answer 10

Bakun HEP dam

Question 11

How has deforestation aided the local people?

Answer 11

better transport

Question 12

What are the local environmental effects of deforestation?

Answer 12

loss of biodiversity and soil erosion

Question 13

How has deforestation negatively impacted local people?

Answer 13

water shortages
indigenous lose land

Question 14

How has deforestation helped Malaysia nationally (3)?

Answer 14

HEP - cheap and plentiful
taxes to improve services
raw materials for secondary

Question 15

How has deforestation in Malaysia had global impacts (3)?

Answer 15

Climate change
extinctions
more raw materials!!

Question 16

How much of the Amazon does Brazil protect?

Answer 16

50%

Question 17

How much of Svalbard is glaciers?

Answer 17

60%

Question 18

What is the population of Svalbard?

Answer 18

2700

Question 19

What is the largest island in Svalbard?

Answer 19

Spitzbergen

Question 20

What tourist activities are available in Svalbard?

Answer 20

Wildlife, glacier walks, northern lights, extreme activities

Question 21

How many tourists visited Svalbard 2011?

Answer 21

70,000 tourists

Question 22

How many tourists came to Svalbard on a cruise?

Answer 22

30,000 tourists

Question 23

How many jobs does tourism provide for Svalbard?

Answer 23

300 (same as mining)

Question 24

Why is it easy to visit Svalbard?

Answer 24

Visa-free travel

Question 25

How does tourism benefit the economy?

Answer 25

Positive multiplier tourists>hotels>jobs>reinvestment

Question 26

What is the sea around Svalbard?

Answer 26

Barents Sea

Question 27

How many species of fish live in the Barents sea?

Answer 27

150 species (inc cod, herring, haddock)

Question 28

How are the fishing seas around Svalbard protected?

Answer 28

controlled and monitored overfishing illegal

Question 29

Why does Svalbard have limited accessibility?

Answer 29

Remote, extreme climate

Question 30

How can you travel to Svalbard?

Answer 30

Plane (Norway, Russia) boat

Question 31

How is Svalbard internally inaccessible?

Answer 31

Glaciers, fjords, snow

Question 32

How much road is in Longyearbyen?

Answer 32

50km only

Question 33

How do people move around Svalbard?

Answer 33

boat/snowmobile

Question 34

What is the average temperature in Svalbard?

Answer 34

-20

Question 35

How many months of darkness does Svalbard have annually?

Answer 35

4 months darkness

Question 36

What is the consequence of it being hard to grow food in Svalbard?

Answer 36

Import more food

Question 37

Why are the pipes in Svalbard above ground?

Answer 37

Heated and insulted so do not freeze or melt ground

Question 38

Why is the permafrost thawing?

Answer 38

Global warming

Question 39

Why are homes sinking in Svalbard?

Answer 39

Permafrost melts so ground unstable

Question 40

How much of Longyearbyen was evacuated due to an avalanche risk?

Answer 40

10%

Question 41

When is construction in Svalbard able to take place?

Answer 41

Only in brief summer

Question 42

How many mines are in operation in Svalbard?

Answer 42

only 1, 2 closed

Question 43

How many recently lost jobs in mining in Svalbard?

Answer 43

80

Question 44

How many jobs are in mining in Svalbard?

Answer 44

3000

Question 45

How much does Svalbard's mining make in revenue?

Answer 45

£170 million for Norway

Question 46

where does all the energy in Longyearbyen come from?

Answer 46

coal power station

Question 47

What is one opportunity for renewable energy in Svalbard?

Answer 47

Geothermal - mid-Atlantic Ridge

Question 48

How many study in the university in Svalbard?

Answer 48

350 Students study the Artic

Question 49

How many seeds are stored in Svalbard Global Seed Vault?

Answer 49

642 million seeds

Question 50

What is the coldest temperatures in Svalbard?

Answer 50

- 30