Impacts of GCC on the water cycle

Question 1

Forestry threats

Answer 1

Increasing demand for resources and space threaten the forests

Question 2

Funding prijects

Answer 2

UN - REDD
World bank
Financial incentives to protect and restore forests

Question 3

Brazil’s protected areas

Answer 3

Recieved support from UN, World Bank, WWF and the German Development Bank

Question 4

Benefit of protecting Brazils areas

Answer 4

Stabilizing the regions water cycle
Offsetting 430 million tonnes of carbon a year
Supporting indigenous forest communities
Promoting ecotourism

Question 5

Agriculture - improved management techniques to prevent water losses

Answer 5

Mulching
Zero soil disturbance
Drip irrigation

Question 6

Agriculture - Reducing run-off on slopes

Answer 6

Terracing
Contour ploughing
Insertion of vegetative strips

Question 7

Water withdrawal conflicts

Answer 7

Pakistan accounts for approx 63%
Afghan for 1%
India for 36%
China for 0.04%

Question 8

Water allocation 1961

Answer 8

In 1961, India and Pakistan signed a treaty

Question 9

Drainage basin planning

Answer 9

Most effective to manage water at the basin scale
Need to manage to accommodate the conflicting demands
Social - domestic, recreation
Economic - agriculture and industry
Environmental - wildlife