Rainforests

• Rainforest Case Study

  Costa Rica

  Montverde cloud forest
• ecotourism

  Way of exploiting rainforest economically without impact on enviroment negatively
• ecotourism provides jobs for locals

  locals are paid double in tourism / ecotourism jobs compared to non-tourist jobs
• ecotourism can lead to tourists becoming ambassadors of environment protection


  due to educative element
• difficult to sustainably manage fragile environment

  littering and noise pollution - damage can impact habitats
• increase in carbon footprint


  as more people travel to visit, flights to rainforest increase carbon footprint
• Monteverde cloud forest

  over 10,000 hectares

  contains rare climate conditions -  mist produced due to high humidity and altitude
• Monteverde Cloud forest contains 2.5% of the world's biodiversity

  Costa Rica contains 6% of the world's biodiversity
• rules to help conserve and protect the habitats of Monteverde Cloud forest

  e.g. no more than 200 people inside reserve including workers and tourists
• tourists feeding animals can ruin the foodchain and the wider ecosystem
• in 2016 2.9 million tourists visited Costa Rica
• Costa Rica earned $2.4 billion (USD) from ecotourism
• 12.5% of Costa Rica's total GNP is from Eco Tourim
• 247500 people work in ecotourism in Costa Rica
• many locals in costa rica can increase their living standard due to the positives of eco tourism
• How Samasati Nature Reserve is protecting the environment with its tourism


  buildings on stilts

  biodegradable soap

  sustainable energy

  prevents deforestation
• Costa Rica won Earth Shot prize in 2021


  award presented to them as David Attenborough and Prince William