Strategies to manage rainforest #8

Question 1

How much forest is Brazil going to restore by 2030?

Answer 1

120,000 km2

Question 2

Name 3 modern strategies.

Answer 2

Protecting unaffected areas of primary rainforest by legislation.
Reform damaged areas.
Improve agricultural techniques for permenant cultivation to occur

Question 3

When did Brazil establish conservation and what scale?

Answer 3

1998 with the areas making up the size of Belgium

Question 4

By 2015 what percentage of the rainforest was part of National Parks where farming is banned?

Answer 4

44%

Question 5

What are the aims of reforestation projects by NGOs, local and national governments?

Answer 5

To develop 1000km2 of commercial rainforest on deforested land

Question 6

What is the downside of these projects?

Answer 6

It is monoculture so won’t replace biodiversity of primary rainforest

Question 7

What does the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation scheme provide for tribes?

Answer 7

Provides payment to tribes for abandoning logging and companies can buy carbon credits from them if they exceed emissions quota.