Sustainable strategies in managing Tropical Forests

Why is sustainable management important?

• To ensure that the forest resources are available for use in the future.

• To ensure that there are strategies implemented

Sustainable management of forest is about being responsible for our actions and using the forests wisely so as to allow the forest to maintain its biodiversity and its ability to regenerate itself.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the government can establish protection of forest?

• Setting aside forests as nature reserves

• Putting laws in place to ensure people do not damage the protected areas through illegal activities like poachers and illegal logging

• Heavy fines or jail terms are meted out to Those who break these rules

• Controlled logging

In what way is establishing protected forests useful?

• It is useful as level of human activities allowed within protected areas is restricted in order to prevent plant and animal life from being negatively affected

• It is useful as there are strategies to educate the community in the long term about importance of forests

What does regulation of forest help to do?

• It helps to prevent any extraction of resources

• It helps to protect forests from being used by humans at all

• It helps to balance between economic benefits from extraction and conservation of forests.

• None of the above

What is controlled logging?

• Controlled logging is when trees are cut down in a restricted manner

• Controlled logging is when trees are protected from being cut down

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of controlled logging?

• By selecting the commercially valuable trees to cut, other non-valuable trees are retained, this reduces the unnecessary loss and wastage of trees.

• The forest is able to recover and young trees are able to grow to replace the older trees as there is more space and sunlight for them to grow. 

• Human needs for certain resources from the forest can still be met

• It helps people in being more mindful about their impact on the forests and protecting whatever is left. 

One of the limitation of regulating forest activity is that there may be unintended damage to neighbouring trees or plant species growing on them as when trees are selectively removed, they may cause neighbouring trees to topple over.

• True

• False

Which of the following is considered to be a strategy that looks into rehabilitation of forests?

• Controlled logging

• Reforestation

• Imposing fines

• Public education

Why is reforestation useful for the environment?

• Locals can be involved in the reforestation process, creating more jobs for local communities

• It can help reduce erosion, maintain the water cycle and preserve the forest habitat and biodiversity.

• The forest is able to recover slowly

• None of the above