Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Should other
countries play a role in
trying to protect the
Amazon Rainforest?
- Basic knowledge
- 30% of all species inhabit Amazon
- 20% has already been destroyed
- estimated 40 years
before the entire
rainforest is destroyed
- covers 40% of South America
- Threats
- deforestation due to
- human settlement
- hardwood production
- cattle pastures
- farming space
- estimated 30% of deforestation due to small farmers
- deforestation rate is
decreasing, 2011 slowest on
record
- The Amazon Fund
- needs $1 billion anually
- Norway donated
- can be donated to by companies,
governments, individuals
- countries have responsibility to donate
- ready-made donation process
- follow example of other countries
- provides for sustainability,
environmental legislation,
biodiversity maintenance,
restoration, planning and
regulation of deforestation
- Responsibilities of countries
- Amazonian
- tighten legislation on planning for
deforestation
- monitor actions of small farmers, which pose the most
threat
- closely monitor deforestation
- encourage environmentally friendly procedures
- use the money and assistance from other countries responsibly
- monitor use of the funds
- update other countries with statistics
- Global
- environmental responsibility to
play a role
- the effects of deforestation will be felt globally due to
carbon emissions and global warming
- responsibility to use money from
developed countries to aid
developing countries
- responsibility to use the resources -
The Amazon Fund - set up by the
Brazilian government