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deforestation in the Choco rainforest (causes (commercial farming (mass…
deforestation in the Choco rainforest
causes
commercial farming
farming to make money
mass production of palm oil- main problem
fewer species able to survive as you only have one type of crop
subsistence farming
farming for themselves
fuel for themsleves
logging
commercially removing wood
expensive wood extra money
road building
to develop and grow
mineral extraction
HEP
lots of land needed
hydro electric power
energy development
settlement
population growth
need for space
gold mining
use of mercury
washes into ecosystem
does very bad unrecoverable damage
very toxic
effects (sheep factors)
economic advantages
brings export money into the countries
creates local jobs
environmental impacts
reduced biodiversity
increased soil erosion
destruction of ecosystem
reduces carbon sink
politics
local
need to make a living
national
people in west don't think deforestation should happen, while the people in the areas need a form of income and a way to live
national government need to pay of debt and deforestation is an easy way of doing this
forest that covers three LICs
how can international organisation protect tropical rain-forest
Eco tourism
commercial groups
social
indigenous groups lose land
young people move to local cities
no one to defend areas
more logging easier to occur
Embera is the main group affected
Choco rain-forest
on the pacific rim
coastal tropical forest
very diverse
many species which live there can only be found there
endemic
11,000 species of plants
covers three LICs
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru