Why do rainforests need to be protected and how can they be managed?

Question 1

Name 3 reasons why rainforests need to be protected

Answer 1

(All possible answers)
Medicine - 25% come from rainforest
Recources - Wood, fruit rubber, nuts
Water - 20% of worlds fresh water comes from Amazon
People - Native tribes live in the rainforest
Climate - 28% of world’s oxygen comes from rainforests
Climate change - Rainforests absorb + store carbon dioxide
Biodiversity - Tropical rainforests contain 50% of biomass

Question 2

What does sustainable management mean?

Answer 2

Actions that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future

Question 3

2 ways rainforests can be protected

Answer 3

Hardwood forestry
Debt reduction
Ecotourism

Question 4

What is meant by the term “debt reduction” in a sense to manage tropical rainforests.

Answer 4

Countries (such as Malaysia) have borrowed money to fund development. To pay off debt deforestation has been put into effect to use wood to sell to the countries. Reducing debts from countries to stop them from cutting trees down.

Question 5

What is meant by the term “hardwood forestry” in a sense to manage tropical rainforests?

Answer 5

Making sure any wood that came from the rainforest is sustainable (can tell by seeing the FSC label on the wood)

Question 6

What is meant by the term “ecotourism” in a sense to manage tropical rainforests

Answer 6

Offering tours, to make profit for the country leading to less trees having to be cut down for economic gain.