2.2.3. Management of tropical rainforests

What term describes meeting current economic needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet theirs?

Sustainable management 

What is the alternative to clear felling that involves cutting only mature, commercially valuable trees?

Selective logging 

What is targeted enrichment?

Planting native saplings in small clearings left by harvested trees

What is rotational cycles?

Managing logging in designated periods, typically 30 to 40 years

What term describes legally protected areas where large-scale commercial logging and mining are prohibited?

National parks 

What certification marks products made from responsibly sourced wood?

FSC

Which activities are generally strictly prohibited or monitored in conservation areas like national parks?

• Large-scale commercial logging

• Mining

• Road building

What is environmentally responsible travel aimed at conserving nature and improving local well-being called?

Ecotourism

How does ecotourism fund conservation efforts?

• Reinvesting tourist fees into tree planting

• Funding anti-poaching patrols

• Financing protected national parks

  
  

In which country has ecotourism become a primary driver of the economy, proving rainforest preservation can be profitable?

Costa Rica

What makes enforcing international timber trade agreements difficult in remote rainforest regions?

• Illegal cross-border smuggling

• Corruption

Which organisation restricts the international trade of threatened timber species to prevent extinction?

CITES

What process converts a lower-income country's financial debt into environmental action?

Debt-for-nature swap 

Order the stages of a debt-for-nature swap:

1. Debt cancellation by a HIC or NGO

2. Domestic reinvestment into local conservation programmes

3. Permanent ecosystem protection from exploitation