Sustainable Management of Tropical Rainforests (AQA GCSE Geography): Flashcards
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% world's carbon stored in tropical rainforests
% world's carbon stored in tropical rainforests
¼ (25%)
% world's oxygen from tropical rainforests
% world's oxygen from tropical rainforests
More than 20%
% medicines from tropical rainforest plants
% medicines from tropical rainforest plants
Around 25%
No. of species in tropical rainforests
No. of species in tropical rainforests
6 million
No. people living in tropical rainforests
No. people living in tropical rainforests
Around 350 million
Fraction world's fresh water in Amazon basin
Fraction world's fresh water in Amazon basin
¼ (25%)
Selective logging
Selective logging
Only some trees (e.g., older ones) cut down
What selective logging preserves
What selective logging preserves
Rainforest canopy
Afforestation
Afforestation
New trees planted to replace cut ones
Ecotourism
Ecotourism
Environmentally friendly tourism
Scale of ecotourism
Scale of ecotourism
Small-scale with low visitor densities
Ecotourism profit use
Ecotourism profit use
Goes back into conserving the rainforest
Debt reduction/conservation swaps
Debt reduction/conservation swaps
Debts wiped by richer nations for protecting rainforest
Year International Tropical Timber Agreement began
Year International Tropical Timber Agreement began
2006
ITTA purpose
ITTA purpose
Promotes sustainable mgmt of tropical timber forests