Tropical Rainforests
- Created by: Jamelia
- Created on: 29-05-13 18:54
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- Tropical Rainforests
- Local Community Management
- Malaysia
- Government rejected plans to build power plant in Silam
- Country has vast reserves of coal and goal but government refused to exploit these to conserve the environment
- Instead resorts to ecotourism emphasising natural attractions such as the biodiverse rainforest
- Costa Rica
- Allowing sustainable development through ecotourism
- Zip wires and jungle trails
- Government allowed American company Merck to look for plants for medicine and perfume
- Costa Ricans get to share some of the profit
- Allowing sustainable development through ecotourism
- Madagascar
- In 2001, Swiss company sent a team to Madagascar where 40 new aromas were developed then sold. Company shared profits with local communities
- Malaysia
- Local Communty Extraction
- Brazil
- Carajas iron ore mining project uses forest wood to power it's plants resulting in 6100km squared annual deforestation
- Mercury is used for gold mining. 90% of fish caught in the river Tapajo is contaminated with mercury which if eaten could result in cancer and miscarriages
- There have been conflicts between gold prospectors and indigenous people in the state of Roraima
- Indonesia
- 285000 tonnes of untreated mining waste dumped in River Aghawaghon every day
- Pollutes coastal area by Etna Gulf
- Poisons fish
- Local communities now have a water shortage
- Crocodiles and tortoises in the area are on brink of extinction due to pollution
- Locals exploited by being given the lowest paid jobs
- 285000 tonnes of untreated mining waste dumped in River Aghawaghon every day
- Ecuador
- Toxic waste water with crude oil disposed of in 600 unlined pits seeps through into freshwater and farmland
- Stomach cancer is 5 times more likely in areas of oil exploitation
- Plants like the periwinkle (used to cure child leukemia) are becoming endangered
- Brazil
- Local Community Management
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