tropical rainforest - sustainable management

Question 1

name the 7 ways tropical rainforests can be sustainably managed:

Answer 1

• selective logging
• replanting
• eco tourism
• education
  -conservation
• reducing debt
• international hardwood agreements

Question 2

what is selective logging/helicopter logging:

Answer 2

• only taking a few of the older/fallen trees [less damaging, allows forest to regernerate]
• Malaysia = uses helicopters to remove trees instead of huge trucks

Question 3

explain replanting:

Answer 3

• new trees planted to replace those cut down = mainitain habitats & biodiversity
• this is the law in many countries

Question 4

explain ecotourism:
give an e.g

Answer 4

• only a small number of tourists can vistit = reduces env impacts e.g waste
• job opps = income so wont need to cut down trees & if encomy relies on ecotourism = incentive to concerve enviroment
• Costa rica = good = 21% of country is now protected from development

Question 5

explain how education helps:

Answer 5

global awareness - encouarges ppl to buy products from sustainable sources & not from deforested areas

Question 6

explain how conservation helps/e.g:
- disadvantage of this?

Answer 6

negative : only capable to do if the countries has the funds to protect the enviroment

• e.g WWF has protected 44% of Amazon rainforest form deforeastation etc

Question 7

reducing debt benefits:

Answer 7

• poorer countries will defroest [log, farm , mine] to pay back debt
• reducing it = countries can stop doing this and conserve rainorests instead
  [although this conservation is not gaurantted]

Question 8

explain benefits of international hardwood agreements:

Answer 8

• prevent illegal logging for valuable hard wood
• promotes use of hardwoon form sustainablity managed forests = FTC logo
  [forest stewardship council]

Question 9

what is a conservation swap:
[better method than reducing debt]

Answer 9

part of countries debt is paid in exchange for a guarantee the money will be spent on conservation