Sustainable management of tropical rainforests
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- Created on: 30-03-22 20:36
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- sustainable commercial management of tropical rainforests
- selective logging and replanting
- introduced in Malaysia - avoids the completely destructive clear felling
- conservation and education
- preservation of rainforests in national parks and nature reserves for scientific research and tourism e.g. in Brazil
- ecotourism
- such as in Costa Rica and Malaysia
- introduces people to the natural world and provides long-term income to local people and governments
- international agreements
- recognise the global importance of rainforests in combating climate change
- include 'debt-for-nature-swapping'
- agreements whereby some donor countries and organisations reduce their debt repayment demands in return for a halt to deforestation
- The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- promotes sustainably managed forestry through education programmes and its FSC-labelled products
- selective logging and replanting
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