Management

• Goods


  Tangible products which can be taken from the ecosystem
• Goods provided by rainforests

  • Building materials
  • Existing food crops
  • Wild meat and fish
  • Water
  • Medicines
  • Energy
• Services


  Essential for life to survive, provided by ecosystems
• Services provided by rainforests

  • Nutrient recycling
  • Gas exchange
  • Water cycle
  • Climate regulation
  • Soil quality
  • Disease and pest control
  • Leisure and recreation
  • Cultural heritage
• Gas exchange


  Plants and trees absorb CO2 during photosynthesis and emit oxygen. The rainforest is often referred to as the lungs of the world.
• Carbon sink


  The tropical rainforest is one of the largest global carbon sinks
• Indigenous communities


  Such as the Awá in Brazil depend on the rainforest for food, materials, fuel and medicines
• Resources such as gold, iron ore and other valuable minerals are provided by rainforests
• Many of the products we eat and use today have their origins in the rainforest
• Goods provided by ecosystems

  • Building materials
  • Existing food crops
  • Wild meat and fish
  • Water
  • Medicines
  • Energy
• Services provided by ecosystems

  • Nutrient recycling
  • Gas exchange
  • Water cycle
  • Climate regulation
  • Soil quality
  • Disease and pest control
  • Leisure and recreation
  • Cultural heritage
• Gas exchange


  Plants and trees absorb CO2 during photosynthesis and emitting oxygen
• Rainforest


  Referred to as the lungs of the world
• Tropical rainforest


  One of the largest global carbon sinks
• Indigenous communities


  Depend on the rainforest for food, materials, fuel and medicines
• Products from the tropical rainforest

  • Sugar
  • Nuts
  • Rubber
  • Perfumes
  • Bananas
• 25% of the ingredients used in cancer treatment drugs come from rainforest plants
• Hydroelectric power


  Common due to the amount of available water
• Employment opportunities in the rainforest

  • Agriculture
  • Logging
  • Tourism
  • Mining
  • Construction
• Tropical rainforest


  An important source of freshwater - about 20% of the world's freshwater
• Tropical rainforests


  Over 50% of the world's plants and animals are found in them
• Tropical rainforests


  As a carbon sink they are vital in controlling the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere so limiting global warming
• Tree and plant roots

  Help to hold the soil together and shelter the ground, reducing soil erosion
• International strategies to manage tropical rainforests

  • UN Forum on Forests
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex (CACC)
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  • International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA)
  • Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
  • Debt reduction/Debt for nature swap
  • Monitoring by Greenpeace and WWF
• National strategies to manage tropical rainforests in Brazil

  • Brazil's forest code
  • DETER satellite
  • National Parks
  • Amazonia Sustainable Landscapes Project
  • Amazon Region Protected Areas (APRA)
  • Selective logging
  • Afforestation
• Local strategies to manage tropical rainforests

  • Agroforestry
  • Education
  • Marajo Project
  • Ecotourism
• Agroforestry


  Combines agriculture with forestry, decreasing deforestation, providing shade, increasing infiltration and interception, reducing soil erosion, providing organic matter and adding nutrients to the soil, increasing biodiversity
• Ecotourism


  Focuses on the natural environment, has low impact, supports local communities, provides education, and generates income for conservation
• Ecotourism rewards the local community for maintaining the rainforest rather than for cutting it down
• Ecotourism development appears small scale

  Makes little impact on the rainforest
• Few trees are cut down, people stay in wooden lodges, resources for building are from the local area

  Helps to protect natural habitats and endangered species
• People stay in the huts on holiday

  The money they spend may be used for conservation
• Money spent on ecotourism


  Helps to support the local economy