Amazon Rainforest

Question 1

What is the Amazon?

Answer 1

Largest tropical rainforest in the world, spans over 9 South American countries mostly Brazil.

Question 2

What is the most common cause of deforestation?

Answer 2

Cattle Ranching - 60%
clearing forest for grazing land, due to global beef demand.

Question 3

Name three other causes of deforestation in the Amazon.

Answer 3

Commercial farming

Logging

Road building

Question 4

What are two environmental impacts of deforestation?

Answer 4

Loss of biodiversity

Contribution to climate change

Question 5

What are two social/economic impacts of deforestation?

Answer 5

Job creation in farming and logging

Loss of indigenous lands and cultures

Question 6

What is selective logging?
Sustainable Management

Answer 6

Cutting down only certain trees (e.g., the oldest) to reduce forest damage.

Question 7

How does ecotourism help protect the Amazon?
Sustainable Management

Answer 7

It generates income sustainably and encourages conservation by involving local communities.

Question 8

What is a debt-for-nature swap?
Sustainable Management

Answer 8

When a country’s debt is reduced in exchange for protecting rainforests — e.g., USA and Brazil.