Tropical forests 5: Conservation and People

Question 1

What happened in the Hkakabo Razi region in 2018 and why?

Answer 1

Forest Department and Wildlife Conservation Society were expelled because the region was going to be nominated as a UNESCO world heritage site

Question 2

Why did local communities dispute the UNESCO nomination and expel the groups?

Answer 2

They though the groups wouldn’t deliver on promises and would disrupt their livelihoods

Question 3

What did Suarez-Rubio et al (2016) conclude about forest cover decline in HR region?

Answer 3

Annual forest cover decline 0.225%

Question 4

Where did Suarez-Rubio et al (2016) find the areas of most concentrated degradation to be?

Answer 4

Around areas of high human activity

Question 5

Where did Suarez-Rubio et al (2016) find the areas of least fragmentation to be?

Answer 5

Forest interiors

Question 6

What poses a threat to the contiguous (touching the border) forest interior?

Answer 6

Political and economic reform in Myanmar

Question 7

What needs to be considered when designing protected areas?

Answer 7

The effect of and on people

Question 8

What did traditional conservation do in N.Am and much of the tropics?

Answer 8

The violent expulsion of indigenous peoples

Question 9

Describe the concept of ‘wilderness’

Answer 9

Often seen as the ultimate goal in areas that have been devalued by the presence/evidence of humans. Imagines a binary between people and nature, often ignoring the rights of indigenous peoples

Question 10

How much of human-modified forest landscapes should be forest cover?

Answer 10

40+%

Question 11

How should the 40+% forest cover in human modified forest landscapes be split up?

Answer 11

10% in one large patch and 30% in many evenly dispersed smaller patches

Question 12

What should forest cover in human modified forest landscapes be embedded in?

Answer 12

High quality matrix

Question 13

How do deforestation rates differ in countries that contain the Himalayan forest?

Answer 13

Differ by 1.4% because of different management regimes

Question 14

What are the highest deforestation rates associated with?

Answer 14

Policies aimed at maximised profits and unstable tenure regimes

Question 15

What are the lowest deforestation rates associated with?

Answer 15

Regimes that ensure stable tenure and integrate local livelihood benefits with forest conservation