TRF goods and services (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
Goods from tropical rainforests
Goods from tropical rainforests
Physical products we can obtain (food, medicine, timber)
Services from tropical rainforests
Services from tropical rainforests
Natural functions that benefit us (carbon storage, tourism)
Indigenous food sources from rainforests
Indigenous food sources from rainforests
Fruits, nuts, edible plants essential to their diet
Medicinal plants in rainforests
Medicinal plants in rainforests
Thousands of species with medicinal properties
Timber uses from rainforests
Timber uses from rainforests
Furniture, building construction, and fuel
Annual CO₂ stored by tropical rainforests
Annual CO₂ stored by tropical rainforests
Up to 2 billion tonnes of CO₂ annually
Rainforests as carbon sinks
Rainforests as carbon sinks
Absorb CO₂ from atmosphere & store in biomass
Tourism service from rainforests
Tourism service from rainforests
Ecotourism generates revenue for local communities
Indigenous tribes in rainforests
Indigenous tribes in rainforests
Live in rainforests with sustainable practices & cultural traditions
Climate change impact: decomposition
Climate change impact: decomposition
Drier conditions slow decomposition, reducing biomass storage
Climate change impact: cloud functioning
Climate change impact: cloud functioning
Disrupts natural water provision through precipitation
Climate change impact: biodiversity
Climate change impact: biodiversity
Species loss & invasion by non-rainforest species
Why rainforests vital for climate change
Why rainforests vital for climate change
Store massive CO₂ amounts, fighting global warming