GLOBAL - Inter-government agreements on hardwoods and endangered species – the FSC put their logo on sustainably logged hardwood and CITIES bocks the illegal trade of endangered animals GLOBAL – Conservation and education - Protect-An-Acre teaches children about conservation work and tourists can volunteer in the rainforest – – GLOBAL Reducing the debt Debt for nature swaps are done by the WWF; they pay some of Brazil’s debts in return for protecting the rainforest. The USA have also paid £13.5 million of debt in 2010 so they protect the rainforest Cold Environments Cold environments (polar and tundra) have a range of characteristics POLAR CLIMATE TUNDRA CLIMATE Temperatures are never normally Temperatures from 10˚C in above 0˚C summer months to -50˚C in winter Winters from -40˚C to -90˚C months Cold summers and even colder winters Cold summers and even colder winters Rainfall/snowfall = <100mm a year Rainfall/snowfall = <380mm a year POLAR SOIL: TUNDRA SOIL: Covered in ice sheets so there is no Thin, acidic and not very fertile soil exposed A of permafrost POLAR PLANTS: TUNDRA PLANTS: – Very few plants lichens and mosses Plants grow slowly and don’t grow very and some grasses on the coast of tall Antarctica where it’s warmer Some small, short trees can grow here POLAR ANIMALS: TUNDRA ANIMALS Polar bears, penguins, whales, seals Lemmings, Arctic hares, wolves, and walrus reindeer and caribou POLAR PEOPLE TUNDRA PEOPLE Almost uninhabitable except for Home to many people including scientists some of the year in indigenous people and oil/gas workers Antarctica in larger towns Cold environments are fragile, interdependent ecosystems: The biotics and abiotic features in a cold environment are closely related.
GLOBAL - Inter-government agreements on hardwoods and endangered species – the FSC put their logo on sustainably logged hardwood and CITIES bocks the illegal trade of endangered animals GLOBAL – Conservation and education - Protect-An-Acre teaches children about conservation work and tourists can volunteer in the rainforest GLOBAL – Reducing the debt – Debt for nature swaps are done by the WWF; they pay some of Brazil’s debts in return for protecting the rainforest. The USA have also paid £13.5 million of debt in 2010 so they protect the rainforest Cold Environments Cold environments (polar and tundra) have a range of characteristics POLAR CLIMATE TUNDRA CLIMATE Temperatures are never normally above 0˚C Winters from -40˚C to -90˚C Cold summers and even colder winters Rainfall/snowfall = <100mm a year Temperatures from 10˚C in summer months to -50˚C in winter months Cold summers and even colder winters Rainfall/snowfall = <380mm a year POLAR SOIL: Covered in ice sheets so there is no soil exposed TUNDRA SOIL: Thin, acidic and not very fertile A of permafrost POLAR PLANTS: Very few plants – lichens and mosses and some grasses on the coast of Antarctica where it’s warmer TUNDRA PLANTS: Plants grow slowly and don’t grow very tall Some small, short trees can grow here POLAR ANIMALS: Polar bears, penguins, whales, seals and walrus TUNDRA ANIMALS Lemmings, Arctic hares, wolves, reindeer and caribou POLAR PEOPLE Almost uninhabitable except for scientists some of the year in Antarctica TUNDRA PEOPLE Home to many people including indigenous people and oil/gas workers in larger towns Cold environments are fragile, interdependent ecosystems: The biotics and abiotic features in a cold environment are closely related.
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