(3 Tropical provided by tropical What can we use the TRF for? Think about the hours) rainforest rainforest ecosystems goods and services and produce a mind map. ecosystems (food stuffs, Think about: provide a range medicines, timber and land for agriculture, houses, of goods and recreation). jobs for locals in logging, agriculture and services some of mining which are under 3.5b: How climate timber, charcoal to sell threat. change presents a recreation threat to the structure, Population projection medicines and food stuffs Suggested functioning and line graphs. impact on global climate, changing carbon learning biodiversity of tropical dioxide levels. objectives: rainforests. Consider the impact of climate change in the rain forest. To know the websites are good starting point. (World Wildlife value of the 3.5c: Economic and Fund Global), tropical rain social causes of and the Met Office website. forest globally deforestation and locally. To (conversion to Discuss the impacts of drought, wildfires, etc. on understand how agriculture, resource biodiversity. the tropical rain extraction, population forest can pressure). Amazon Rainforest case study provide valuable with a documentary on the causes and goods and 3.5d: Political and consequences of deforestation. A useful documentary services. economic factors can be found on YouTube called Battle for the Amazon (governance, (BBC) although others are available. To know the commodity value and threats to the ecotourism) that have Main causes of deforestation include: Logging, tropical rain contributed to the agriculture-shifted cultivators, cash crops and cattle forest and sustainable ranching, fuelwood, large dams, mining and industry and causes of these management of a underlying causes, e.g. colonialism, exploitation by threats. rainforest in a named industrialised countries, the debt burden, the role of region. poverty etc. To understand Mining: various websites like have articles how and why the Key words: on deforestation, use these or search for similar tropical rain Deforestation ones. Some of these links are from Greenpeace. forest needs to Structure and managed in a functioning Farming: sustainable way. and services
(3 hours) Tropical rainforest ecosystems provide a range of goods and services some of which are under threat. Suggested learning objectives: To know the value of the tropical rain forest globally and locally. To understand how the tropical rain forest can provide valuable goods and services. To know the threats to the tropical rain forest and causes of these threats. To understand how and why the tropical rain forest needs to managed in a sustainable way. provided by tropical rainforest ecosystems (food stuffs, medicines, timber and recreation). 3.5b: How climate change presents a threat to the structure, functioning and biodiversity of tropical rainforests. 3.5c: Economic and social causes of deforestation (conversion to agriculture, resource extraction, population pressure). 3.5d: Political and economic factors (governance, commodity value and ecotourism) that have contributed to the sustainable management of a rainforest in a named region. Key words: Deforestation Structure and functioning and services Population projection line graphs. What can we use the TRF for? Think about the goods and services and produce a mind map. Think about: land for agriculture, houses, jobs for locals in logging, agriculture and mining timber, charcoal to sell recreation medicines and food stuffs impact on global climate, changing carbon dioxide levels. Consider the impact of climate change in the rain forest. websites are good starting point. (World Wildlife Fund Global), and the Met Office website. Discuss the impacts of drought, wildfires, etc. on biodiversity. Amazon Rainforest case study with a documentary on the causes and consequences of deforestation. A useful documentary can be found on YouTube called Battle for the Amazon (BBC) although others are available. Main causes of deforestation include: Logging, agriculture-shifted cultivators, cash crops and cattle ranching, fuelwood, large dams, mining and industry and underlying causes, e.g. colonialism, exploitation by industrialised countries, the debt burden, the role of poverty etc. Mining: various websites like have articles on deforestation, use these or search for similar ones. Some of these links are from Greenpeace. Farming:
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