REDD And CITES Case Study For Topic 8 Flashcards
What does REDD stand for?
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Deforestation.
What is REDD’s overview?
It’s a scheme to that aims to reward forest owners in poorer countries for keeping forests instead of cutting them down.
What the advantages of REDD?
Deals with the cause of climate change as well as direct impacts of deforestation.
Everyone benefits from reducing emissions and its relative cheap.
Forest is protected so remains habitat for species - biodiversity isn’t lost.
What are the disadvantages of REDD?
May continue in another area.
It’s possible to cut down rainforests, but still receive the rewards if they are replaced with other types of forest. (Palm oil plantation which is low in biodiversity)
Prevents activities and local activities that depend on it for income.
What does CITES stand for?
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
What is CITES’s overview?
It’s an agreement to tightly control trade in wild animals and plants.
What are the advantages of CITES?
The trade of endangered species is controlled worldwide.
Encourages sharing of information about the wildlife trade between countries raising awareness of threats o biodiversity.
Helps different sectors work together.
What are the disadvantages of CITES?
Some rules are unclear, the trade of ivory
Not all countries are members with some promoting the trade of endangered species
Individual species are protected form poaching but not their habitat, extinct because of climate change.
