Sustainable Management /

Sustainable Management of the TRF - What products are sourced from the rainforest?

Rubber, coffee, chocolate and medicines

Sustainable Management of the TRF - If a species becomes extinct, what becomes more difficult?

Discovering new products and medicines

Sustainable Management of the TRF - What can sustainable management offer in the future?

Long term economic benefits (e.g. ecotourism)

Sustainable Management of the TRF - What process may protecting the rainforest reduce?

Greenhouse effect

Sustainable Management of the TRF - What do rainforests help to regulate?

The climate and water cycle - without them, risk of flood and drought increases in certain areas

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Replanting - What is it?

New trees are planted to replace the ones that were cut down

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Replanting - What is it important to consider when replanting?

The types of trees planted match the ones that were cut down

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Selective Logging - What is it?

Only some trees are felled (mainly older ones) - most trees remain

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Selective Logging - How is it less damaging to the area?

If only a few trees are taken, the overall forest structure is kept - the canopy remains and the soil isn’t exposed

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Selective Logging - What are the least damaging ways of moving felled logs out of the forest?

Horse-logging and helicopter-logging - less damaging than using trucks

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Ecotourism - How is ecotourism beneficial?

Minimises damage to the environment and benefits local people

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Ecotourism - How is damage to the environment minimised?

Only a small number of visitors are allowed into an area at a time and rules are enforced to minimise environmental impacts

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Ecotourism - How does ecotourism benefit local people?

Provides a source of income ,raises awareness of conservation issues and brings in money to help protect the rainforest

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Ecotourism - How does ecotourism reduced deforestation?

Local people have a job, so don’t need to log or farm to make money

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Ecotourism - If a countries economy relies on ecotourism, what does this encourage them to do?

Conserve the environment

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Education - How can educating the international community reduce deforestation?

Can encourage them to buy from sustainable sources

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Education - How can educating the local community reduce deforestation?

Locals may damage the local ecosystem without realising whilst they are trying to overcome their poverty - education prevents this

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Education - What can local people be taught to prevent deforestation?

Other ways of making money that don’t damage the environment as much

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Conservation - What is illegal within national parks?

Damaging activities like logging

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Conservation - How can countries work with other countries and international businesses to conserve the rainforest?

Countries can set up funds which can be invested into. The countries get money in exchange for conservation

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Conservation - What can make policing conservation laws difficult?

Lack of funds

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Debt Reduction - Where are many TRFs found?

In LICs

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Debt Reduction - How do many LICs use rainforests to pay off debt?

They log and mine resources in the TRF to make money in order to pay off debt

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Debt Reduction - How does debt reduction protect the rainforest?

Countries don’t have to do unsustainable activities to make the money back, so instead conservation can be prioritised

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Debt Reduction - What is a disadvantage of debt cancellation?

There is no guarantee that the money would instead be used for conservation

Sustainable Management of the TRF - Debt Reduction - What is a conservation swap?

When a part of a countrys debt is paid off in exchange for a guarantee that money will be spent on conservation

Sustainable Management of the TRF - International Hardwood Agreements - What is hardwood?

A type of wood that can be used to make furniture

Sustainable Management of the TRF - International Hardwood Agreements - Why are tropical hardwood trees becoming increasingly rare?

High demand from consumers in rich countries means they are being rapidly cut down

Sustainable Management of the TRF - International Hardwood Agreements - What do these agreements promote?

The prevention of illegal logging and the promotion of the use of hardwoods from sustainable forests

Sustainable Management of the TRF - An example of selective logging being used sustainably?

Helicopter logging is used in Sarawark, Malaysia

Sustainable Management of the TRF - An example of ecotourism being used sustainably?

Costa Rica - ecotourism is the largest source of income for the country and has led to 21% of the country being protected from development

Sustainable Management of the TRF - An example of education being used sustainably?

The Rainforest Alliance is being used to teach communities in Guatemala about sustainable livelihoods

Sustainable Management of the TRF - An example of conservation being used sustainably?

In 2018, Norway paid $70 billion into Brazils Amazon fund to be used for conservation

Sustainable Management of the TRF - An example of reducing debt being used sustainably?

In 2011, the USA reduced Indonesias debt by $29 million in exchange for conserving the rainforests

Sustainable Management of the TRF - An example of international hardwood agreements being used sustainably?

The FSC stamp marks sustainably sourced timber with their logo so consumers can choose products that don’t contribute to unsustainable deforestation