Unit 3 Battle for the biosphere

TRF indegious people (lived their for many years) - almost eveyrthing provided by the rainforest: 

• Wood for cooking and building
• herbs for medicine 
• food - nuts, fruit, meat, fish 
• grow crops - shifting cultivaton (sustainable process)

BUT..

TNC's exploit teh TRF by..

• logging for timber/paper
• farming - palm oil for example 
• cattle ranches 
• mining for oil 
• goverments building dams for HEP 
• roads 

This means = The soil is eroded and washed away -> Floods, Wildlife loses habitiats, Rivers become dirty and polluted 

• An area of selective logging 
• tree nurseries to replace trees cut down (addorestation) 
• ecotourism 
• protected areas 
• crops grown beneath the trees istead of cutting them down