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Work through the revision flowchart…. Choose 3 of the solutions and explain why they could be successful or not. Using resource 2 rank order the solutions from most successful to least successful. To what extent do solutions to deforestation reduce the amount of destruction in the future (9 marks) Read resource 1 and take notes on your revision card. Create a fill in the blanks one too. Highlight key terms. No No No Can you rank order the solutions to deforestation? Can you justify why you have rank ordered them in this way? Are you confident about the solutions to reduce deforestation? Yes Yes Yes Start here

Resource 1 Re cap Brazil needs to exploit the Amazon's resources to develop, so leaving it untouched is not an option. Uncontrolled and unchecked exploitation can cause irreversible damage such as loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, flooding and climate change. So, sustainable use of the forest is essential. Sustainable development will meet the needs of Brazil's population without compromising the needs of future generations. Possible solutions include: Agro-forestry - growing trees and crops at the same time. This lets farmers take advantage of shelter from the canopy of trees. It prevents soil erosion and the crops benefit from the nutrients from the dead organic matter. Chocolate, or cocoa, is an agroforestry plant from the forest shrub native to the Amazon basin. Fast growing timber species are also planted in shifting cultivation plots, such as Spanish cedar or Brazilian fire tree (Schizolobium parahyba) Most of these trees can be harvested for timber often after just 10-20 years, after which some nutrients have been returned to the soil. Selective logging - trees are only felled when they reach a particular height. This allows young trees a guaranteed life span and the forest will regain full maturity after around 30-50 years. If the Amazon nations are unable to check deforestation between now and 2050, the scientists estimate that 63% of wild Brazil nut trees will be lost. But if protected areas are left intact, the loss falls to 32% – a major decline. Some argue selective logging is not sustainable. Education - ensuring those involved in exploitation and management of the forest understand the consequences behind their actions. International agreements about the use of tropical hardwoods. There are also international agreements on the uses of tropical hardwoods and logging. The International Tropical Timber Agreement was set up in 2006 to "promote the expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests and to promote the sustainable management of tropical timber producing forests". 71 countries have signed up to the agreement sponsored by the United Nations. Afforestation - the opposite of deforestation. If trees are cut down, they are replaced to maintain the canopy. Forest reserves - areas protected from exploitation. The Tumucumaque National Park, in the northern Amazonian state of Amapa, will cover 9,562,770 acres (3,870,000 hectares) - an area the size of Switzerland or Taiwan. Monitoring - use of satellite technology and photography to check that any activities taking place are legal and follow guidelines for sustainability. Ecotourism and conservation. Conservation is all about the protection, preservation, management, or restoration of tropical forests and the ecological communities that inhabit them. In this case conservation would seek to manage human use of natural resources in tropical rainforests for sustainable social and economic uses. This includes the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA), where the WWF work with the Brazilian government to protect parks covering 150 million acres of forest. Another sustainable use is the development of ecotourism. Ecotourism is environmentally friendly tourism such as the Yachana ecolodge in the Amazon Rainforest is one example of an ecotourism development. The ecolodge is a guesthouse where a small number of ecotourists can stay. It’s basically a small environmentally friendly hotel that is surrounded by nature.

Number the solutions 1 is best to 8 being worst in your opinion! Resource 2. Rank order Which of these solutions do you think work well. Put them in order from best to worst Agro-forestry - growing trees and crops at the same time. This lets farmers take advantage of shelter from the canopy of trees. It prevents soil erosion and the crops benefit from the nutrients from the dead organic matter. Selective logging - trees are only felled when they reach a particular height. This allows young trees a guaranteed life span and the forest will regain full maturity after around 30-50 years. Education - ensuring those involved in exploitation and management of the forest understand the consequences behind their actions. International agreements about the use of tropical hardwoods. There are also international agreements on the uses of tropical hardwoods and logging. The International Tropical Timber Agreement was set up in 2006. 71 countries have signed up to the agreement sponsored by the United Nations. Afforestation - the opposite of deforestation. If trees are cut down, they are replaced to maintain the canopy. Forest reserves - areas protected from exploitation for example The Tumucumaque National Park Monitoring - use of satellite technology and photography to check that any activities taking place are legal and follow guidelines for sustainability. Ecotourism and conservation - such as the Yachana ecolodge in the Amazon Rainforest. Number the solutions 1 is best to 8 being worst in your opinion!

And then... Can you make a flowchart to help to build an answer for this 9 mark question. Using examples and the images below, describe how people have damaged tropical rainforests. (6 marks)

Build a plan To what extent do solutions to deforestation reduce the amount of destruction in the future (9 marks) You will need 3 PEEL paragraphs Try using this technique The most successful strategy at work in the Amazon is… Take each strategy in turn with this means that sentences. Agro-forestry has been used in growing trees and crops at the same time. This means that farmers take advantage of shelter from the canopy of trees. It prevents soil erosion and the crops benefit from the nutrients from the dead organic matter. Fast growing trees like the Brazilian fire tree grow quickly and can be harvested for timber often after just 10-20 years, after which some nutrients have been returned to the soil. This means a quick return so benefits the community economically. Chocolate, or cocoa, is an agroforestry plant from the forest shrub native to the Amazon basin which can be used to make an income improving quality of life for the local people. On the other hand.. agroforestry has some negatives as it is small scale and only offers small profit when compared to large scale farming like palm oil. Another strategy that has had some success is... On the other hand.. The least successful strategy is...