Living World - TRF Management

Question 1

benefits of rainforests

Answer 1

• medicine: ~25% of all medicines come from rainforests
• water: ~20% of worlds fresh water from Amazon Basin
• climate: ~28% world oxygen
• biodiversity: ~50% of all worlds plants
• resources: nuts, rubber, fruit
• climate change

Question 2

managment strategies

international agreements

Answer 2

• international tropical timber agreement (2006) restricts trade of not sus hardwood timber
• convention on international trade in endangered Species 1973 blocks illegal trade of rare/endangered plants + animals

Question 3

management strategies

debt reduction

Answer 3

HICs write off debts of poor LICs tp protect an area of TRF ex: US signed off £13.5m of Brazilian debt to protect large areas of TRF

Question 4

management strategies

conservation & education

Answer 4

NGOs (eg WWF) help by:
* educational programmes
* trains conservation workers
* provide practical help
* create nature reserves

Question 5

management strategies

selective logging and replanting

Answer 5

• only valuable timber trees are removed
• felling trees only when they are fully grown
• dead/diseased trees can be felled

Question 6

management strategies

ecotourism

Answer 6

• small scale
• aims to educate visitors
• local people employed
• aim to minimise damage on environments