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Geography Rainforest Revision
Solutions to deforestation
Eco-tourism
Aims to protect the environment
Introduces people to the natural world.
Local people and government benefit
Makes long-term money.
More sustainable than logging.
Provides jobs
Reduces poverty in rural areas
Stops people wanting to deforest the rainforests
Stops/reduces subsistence farming
Seasonal
Small Scale
Not every wants to / doesn't know about it
FSC
International organisation
All sustainably sourced wood carries the symbol
Educates manufacturers
People may not know about it
Some people may not bother to check for the symbol
Reduces demand for rare and expensive hardwoods.
More expensive.
Forest Stewardship Council
Conservation and Education
Preserving areas of the rainforest against logging
Turn areas into national parks and nature reserves
Areas can be used for education
Passes on knowledge as to why it should be protected.
30% of the rainforest is protected by law
Large companies support these schemes.
Preserves the way of life
Less money in the short term
Only 30% of the rainforest has been protected.
Some people will still deforest these areas and get away with it.
Selective logging
Replanting all trees that have been cut down
Means that the rainforest is not depleted
The rainforest is not lost, and logging can continue sustainably.
Choosing the oldest and largest trees only
Means that there is the highest amount of wood gained from a single tree
Keeps as much of the rainforest as possible
Cutting down a tree so that it does not fall on other trees
Means that other trees are not damaged
Damages as little wildlife as possible
Allows other trees to continue growing
Sometimes use animals such as oxen to move trees out
Avoids using bulldozers to minimise damage to the habitats
Produces less CO2
Slower
More expensive
Trees take a long time to grow.
Sustainable method of deforestation
Damages the environment as little as possible
Causes of Deforestation
Subsistence farming
Growing crops to feed your family
To subsist or survive
If people are lucky there is some to sell
Comercial farming
Cattle ranching and growing soya (Used to feed cattle in HIC's)
Brazil made £5.5 billion from trading cattle
Large companies with thousands of employees.
Logging
NOT FOR PAPER
Wood used for construction due to strength
Used in High end furniture
Road building
Trans Amazon Highway
To open up the rainforest for development
Large road that runs through the whole amazon (4000km)
Mining
Valuable minerals under the soil
Companies pay taxes which go towards hospitals and schools
Each company provides thousands of jobs
Energy development
Hydro-electric power
48 dams on the Amazon river with plans for another 150
Cheap, green electricity
Settlement
For workers and their families
Brings people out of poverty
Land is given to people to stop them moving to crowded cities such as Rio de Janeiro
