Sustainable management of forest resources

How can tropical rainforests be managed sustainably?

• Established protected areas

• Promote public education

• Regulate forestry activities

• Rehabilitate disturbed areas

What is TRUE about protected forest areas?

• There are strict rules to the use of forests

• People are not allowed to enter the forests

• People are allowed to poach exotic animals

• People are not allowed to cut down trees illegally.

This law in Singapore protects tropical forests

• Plants and Forests Act (2005)

• Plants and Animals Act (2015)

• Park and Trees Act (2005)

• Park and Trees Act (2015)

Why is it difficult for a country's government to set aside all of its remaining tropical forests as protected areas?

• The government does not have enough money to do so

• The government has more important things to settle

• The people in the country do not want to protect the tropical forests

• The high economic value of forest activities which will lead to a loss of jobs

Disadvantage of establishing protected forest areas

• Lack of resources to enforce the laws

• Protects the livelihoods of indigenous people living in forests

• Takes a long time for the forests to be regrown

How does controlled logging protect forests?

• Only younger trees are cut, old trees allowed to grow taller

• Only a small selected area is deforested

• Only older trees or commercially valuable species are logged

• Logging of trees is completely prohibited

What are the benefits of controlled logging as a sustainable practice? (choose 2 options)

• Trees are given time to regrow before being cut down

• It saves the government money

• The overall damage to trees is reduced

• The overall damage to trees increases

 

Why regulating forestry activities may not work

• Takes a long time for trees to be regrown

• Bribery from logging companies

• People's behaviours and attitudes take time to change

What is the aim of forest rehabilitation?

• To introduce new plant species in the forest

• To introduce animal species that were originally there before deforestation occured

• To introduce plant species that were found there before deforestation occurred

• To introduce new animal species in the forest

At Pulau Semakau, these plants are regrown to restore deforested areas

• Rainforest trees

• Flowers

• Mangrove forests