GCSE - Tropical Rainforests (Living World)

Actions that meet the needs of the present without reducing the ability of future generations to meet their needs

• Future Proofing

• Sustainability

• Infrastructure

• Afforestation

Land that has been damaged and is unable to recover its vegetation due to too many livestock animals feeding on it

• Overworked

• Overvegetated

• Overgrazed

• Livestock Damage

The removal of topsoil faster than it can be replaced, due to natural wind and water action, animals or human activity

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Soil Erosion

• Soil Weathering

The process by which land becomes drier and degraded, as a result of climate change or human activities, or both

• Degragation

• Desertification

• Desert landscape

• Aridity

The basic equipment and structures (such as roads, utilities, water supply and sewage) that are needed for a country or region to function properly

• Infrostructure

• Infostructure

• Information

• Infrastructure

Artificial application of water to the land or soil

• Watering

• Soil Erosion

• Irrigation

• Appropriate Technology

The action of cutting down trees

• Afforestation

• Deforestation

• Deforesting

• Desertification

Nature tourism usually involving small groups of people with minimal impact on the environment

• Ecotourism

• Economic Tourism

• Social Tourism

• Environmental Tourism

Technology suited to the needs, skills, knowledge and wealth of local people and their environment

• Information Technology

• Appropriate Technology

• Realistic Technology

• Sustainability

The action of planting a large number of trees in their natural environment

• Deforesting

• Deforestation

• Greening

• Afforestation