Year 9 assessmentThe Rain Forest Issue

Aim

To write an essay describing and explaining issues surrounding the destruction of Tropical Rain Forests

•You may produce your essay in writing or on computer

•You will gain credit if you do some of your own research

•Remember to write about REAL places

•The level you achieve will contribute to your end of year level

Remember to do a front cover

Name + Form

Title: The Rain Forest Issue

Year 9 assessmentThe Rain Forest Issue

Introduction

•What are tropical rain forests/what are they like?

•Where are they found (located) ~ show this on a labelled map

•How fast are they disappearing?

Interactions Pages 9 - 13 useful for this section

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Why are the forests being destroyed?

•Write about ALL the reasons forests are being cut down

•For wealth

•Road building

•Logging

•Farming

•Cattle ranching

•Mining

•Hydro-electric power (HEP

•Include details of actual places where this is happening

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What effects is the destruction having?

•On people

•On the environment (rivers, soil, animals, global warming)

Year 9 assessmentTropical Rain Forest destruction

Why should we conserve/look after the forests?

•Explain what conservation means

•Write about the value of forests

Year 9 assessmentTropical Rain Forest destruction

How can we conserve the forests sustainably?

•Explain what sustainable means

•Describe ways in which the forest can be used/exploited without doing damage

Year 9 assessmentTropical Rain Forest destruction

Sustainable use of tropical rain forests

Starter:Starter:

•Study the 10 ideas on your sheetStudy the 10 ideas on your sheet

•Write numbers 1 – 10 in your bookWrite numbers 1 – 10 in your book

•For each one in turn decide what benefits it has For each one in turn decide what benefits it has (use (use these codes next to the numbers)these codes next to the numbers)

•L ~ helps local people eg. food, jobs

•E ~ helps environment

•M ~ brings money into the country eg. Brazil

Year 9 assessmentTropical Rain Forest destruction

Conclusion

Think about the destruction of the rain forests ………should we be concerned? Should we do anything?

Sustainability

Buy environmentall

y friendly products which

keep local people in work

Eco-tourism employs

local people & uses local resources

Create nature

reserves to protect

animals from extinction

Drugs companies

pay to research in

forest

Pay fair price for products eg. nuts

No logging in

some parts of forests

Encourage local

farmers to plant crops

between trees

Only buy timber from

sustainable sources

Aforestation (plant fast-

growing trees to be used for fuel

& building