Amazon case Study Flashcards
Amazon covers what area
8 million km squared
How much has been destroyed by deforestation
750 000 km squared
Between 2000-2005
Deforestation causes percents
70% caused by cattle farming
20% by small scale farming
5-10% by commercial farming
Population and migration are also putting pressure on the area because…..
The Brazilian government offers land in the rainforest to poor people from overcrowded cities
How much carbon does the rainforest store
100 billion tonnes(deforestation releases some of this-global warming)
In 2008 Brazil made how much from trading cattle
What is it’s biggest export
$6.9 billion
It is the worlds biggest exporter of soy beans
If species become extinct what will happen
Products like coffee chocolate and medicines will decrease
The chance of discovering more medicine and products is bleak
Selective logging
Only older or inferior trees are felled
Meaning only a few are cut
Forest can regenerate (horse logging and helicopter logging)Instead of trucks
What does sustainable mean
Helps people today without stopping people in the future getting what they need
Replanting
New trees are planted to replace those cut down
In some countries there are laws that make this obligatory
Ecotourism
Only small number of tourists at a time
Jobs for locals + raises awareness
Waste+litter disposers properly preventing water contamination
Locals don’t have to log or farm
International hardwood agreement
Eg the forest stewardship council
Used to make furniture
High demand in richer countries- wood becomes rarer
Reduce illegal loggings and promotes hardwood from sustainably management forests
Education of the international community
Learn the impacts+learn alternative ways to make money like ecotourism
Norway has payed $1 billion in Amazon fund for conservation
National parks and nature reserves
Logging restricted
Reducing debt
USA reduced Perus debt by $25 million in 2008
Don’t allow logging to make up debt money
