Tropical Rainforests Flashcards
2 Key features of tropical rainforests
Hot and wet all year round, high levels of biodiversity
Total annual rainfall in tropical rainforests
2360mm
How hot are tropical rainforests?
Temperatures stay ijn the mid to high twenties all year round
Logging
The activity or business of felling trees and cutting and preparing the timber.
What percentage of world deforestation do palm oils cause?
18 percent
Deforestation
The action of clearing a wide area of trees
Cattle Ranching
Chopping down an area of land so that grazing livestock may be raised on it
What percentage of deforestation in the Amazon does cattle ranching account for?
80 Percent
Settlement building
Local people clear land to provide area for housing and farming
Give 3 arguments in favour of settlement building
Not a cycle of using land, needed in times of poverty, houses provide shelter and warmth
How does mining contribute to deforestation?
Clears forest to dig excavation pits and access lodes, on site processing facilities and roads also contribute to deforestation
Name 3 global impacts of deforestation
24 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, leads to climate change, huge loss of biodiversity as species go extinct
Name 2 local impacts of deforestation
Farmers make less money and move, local people lose forests as a source of shelter
What percentage of medicines come from the rainforest?
25 percent
What is the rainforest often described as?
The lungs of the world
How do rainforests reduce climate change?
Trees act as carbon stores and remove carbon dioxide
Which group of people rely on the rainforest?
Indigenous tribes
Where does ecotourism take place?
Belize, Malaysia and Costa Rica
What does ecotourism aim to achieve?
Introduce people to the natural world, generate income and protect the environment and local communities for the future
Where have global agreements been made to protect rainforests?
Ecuador, Brazil and DR Congo
Where is conservation and education take place?
Switzerland, Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador
What does conservation and education aim to achieve?
To preserve the rainforest in conservation areas
Where is selective logging and replanting taking place?
Uganda, Venezuela, Indonesia and others
True or false: the rainforest is important for clean water
True
True or false: many foods come from the rainforests
True
