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Sustainable management
of the tropical rainforest
- Ecotourism
- Provides a source of income for local people
(e.g as tour guides or transport)
- Doesn't hurt the environment
- Reduces the reliance on unsustainable
methods of making money (e.g logging)
- Less destructive than normal tourism (e.g
less forest cleared for building hotels)
- Small scale activity (less
pollution from tourists)
- Sustainable as a source of income
for locals now and in the future
- Provides a source of income for local people
(e.g as tour guides or transport)
- Reducing demand for hardwood
- As more are chopped down, there are less of the
trees. This increases their price as they have
desirable qualities (very dense and hard)
- Their is heavy tax on the imports of
hardwood to discourage its use
- In some cases the sale of
hardwood has been banned
- In some rainforests logging has been banned
- Examples: Mahogany and Teak
- As more are chopped down, there are less of the
trees. This increases their price as they have
desirable qualities (very dense and hard)
- Selective logging
- Only old trees are felled- most are left
- It's less damaging to the area
than felling all the trees in an
area
- It's because the general vegetation structure is
kept intact. This means that the soil is still fertile
as leaf fall remains
- It's because the general vegetation structure is
kept intact. This means that the soil is still fertile
as leaf fall remains
- Using horses or helicopters to
remove trees is less damaging
than building roads and using lorries
- Only old trees are felled- most are left
- Protection
- Many countries have set up national parks
and nature reserves in rainforests
- In these areas, some activities e.g logging
are restricted
- However a lack of funds can make it difficult to police
- However a lack of funds can make it difficult to police
- In these areas, some activities e.g logging
are restricted
- Laws can be put in place to
protect rain forests. For example
- Banning the use of wood from forests
that are managed non-sustainably
- Banning illegal logging
- Laws banning logging for
certain species e.g mahogany
- Banning the use of wood from forests
that are managed non-sustainably
- Many countries have set up national parks
and nature reserves in rainforests
- Education
- International education
- It would help people realize the damaging
affects high demand for wood can have
- It would help people realize the damaging
affects high demand for wood can have
- International education
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