Part 13: How can rainforests be managed sustainably? Flashcards
1
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- Why do we need to protect rainforests?
A
a. So people do not lose goods and services in future
2
Q
- What does sustainable mean?
A
a. Using resources in a way which is good socially, economically and environmentally now and in the future
3
Q
- What does social mean?
A
a. To do with people
4
Q
- What does economic mean?
A
a. To do with money
5
Q
- What does environmental mean?
A
a. To do with the natural world
6
Q
- How can forests be managed better economically?
A
a. Creating jobs
7
Q
- Why is creating jobs good for rainforests?
A
a. People do not cut down trees to make money
8
Q
- How can forests be managed better socially?
A
a. Better schools and hospitals
9
Q
- Why are schools and hospitals good for rainforests?
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a. Improves the lives of people who live there
10
Q
- How can rainforests be managed better environmentally?
A
a. Protect plants and animals
11
Q
- Give an example of sustainable forest management
A
a. Kilum Ijim, Cameroon, Africa
12
Q
- What was the aim of the project in Kilum Ijim?
A
a. To protect the forest
b. To make sure people had good incomes
13
Q
- What were the different zones in Kilum Ijim?
A
a. Forest reserve
b. Afforestation
c. Selective logging
d. Extractive reserve
e. Agroforestry
14
Q
- What is the forest reserve?
A
a. A protected area where people cannot cut down trees
15
Q
- What is afforestation?
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a. Where trees are planted to make the forest grow back
