quiz 4 Flashcards
What is selective logging?
Only removing some trees from an area
Explain why farming is a cause of deforestation of the amazon
Land is cleared for cattle and crops
What effect can deforestation have on the soil of tropical rainforests?
Increases the risk of soil erosion
Give an example of how an international agreement can protect the tropical rainforests
By giving financial incentives like debt cancellation to stop deforestation. e.g. the usa reduced indonesias debt in exchange for conserving their rainforests
What is the economic impact of logging in the amazon?
Has generated a large amount of income for amazonian countries and TNC’s
What is deforestation?
Cutting down trees
How does selective logging manage the tropical rainforest?
It allows trees to regrow and maintains the soil and canopy
What is the economic impact of commercial farming in the amazon?
Has generated a large amount of income for amazonian countries and TNCs
Give 2 ways in which education can protect the tropical rainforests
Deforestation rates will fall if people are educated about the effects
people will buy products that are produced sustainably
Give an example of conservation of a tropical rainforest
Preventing all deforestation in particular areas e.g. setting up national parks
Give 5 reasons for the deforestation of the amazon
Land for commercial and subsistence farming
Logging
population growth
mining
energy development
What is subsistence farming?
small- scale farming where the farmer grows just enough for themselves and their family to eat
Give 2 reasons for the importance of tropical rainforests for people and the environment
. plants that have medicinal properties
. fundamental services( trees are carbon sinks)
Evidence for energy development
the tucuri dam was constructed in 1975 providing electricty for 13 million people and the caragas mine
Evidence for Logging
logging companies began to deforest areas for the tropical hardwoods such as mahogany
How does energy development cause deforestation?
land is cleared for construction, forces indigenous people to move
Give a disadvantage of conservation
Lack of funds can make it difficult to police the resitrictions
