(5.4.3) Sustainable management of ecosystems

What is sustainable management?

Ensuring that the environment can be used in the present in such a way that future generations can also use it.

What are some ways the rainforest can be managed sustainably?

• selective logging- only cut trees of a certain age

• protective zoning in National Parks

• wildlife corridors linking vegetation and animals

• agroforestry- trees and crops grown alongside each other

• ecotourism- sustainable tourism

What are some ways the savanna can be managed sustainably?

• agroforestry

• community-based resource management

• rainwater harvesting to manage water

• rotational grazing + letting areas replenish

• ecotourism

What are magic stones?

• used in areas with less rainfall.

• the stones are placed along contour lines

• to prevent the washing away of the top soil + promote infiltration

• decreases overland flow and increases the productivity of the land