The Amazon Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Amazon crucial for?
A
The worlds Climate!
2
Q
What is the Amazon holding onto and important for?
A
Traps Carbon! Carbon Capture
3
Q
How many species are in the Amazon?
A
Half the worlds species
4
Q
How much of the rainforest has been cut down in the last 4 years?
A
20%
5
Q
How much of the rainforest has been destroyed?
A
750,000 acres
6
Q
Reasons for deforestation
A
- Cattle Ranching - 80% of global warming
- Farming crops - Local or Commercial farming such as Palm Oil
- Building the trans Amazonia Highway
- Mining minerals
7
Q
What trees are cut down when selective logging?
A
Wolf trees
8
Q
How do we manage logging?
A
Laws Sustainable Logging Choosing old trees Selective logging Replant trees Have to have a permit to cut down tress
9
Q
How do we make the rainforest sustainable?
A
- Selective Logging and replanting
- Conservation and Education
- Ecotourism
- International agreements about the use of tropical hardwood
- Debt reduction - Eg. Conservation Swaps
