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Knowledge Builder: Geography Ecosystems Year 8 | Spring Term
Books to read: Series to watch:
The wildlife and ecosystem of rainforests The wildlife and ecosystem of a hot desert
Stretch your vocabulary
a.1
biodiversity
Every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals and humans.
a.2
Eco-tourism
Tourism directed towards
exotic, often threatened, natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
a.2
trans-national corporation (TNC)
Companies that operate in more than one country.
a.3
selective logging
Only certain trees (old or inferior ones) are cut down-most trees in the area are left standing.
a.4
sustainable forestry
Aims to keep the balance between three main pillars: ecological, economic and socio-cultural.
a.5
hydro electric power
A renewable source of energy that generates power by using a dam to alter the natural flow of a river or other body of water.
a.6
international agreements
Countries can make deals with one another for the protection of the rainforest. This is often in the form of offering investment in the country in return for a lack of deforestation.
a.7
debt reduction
Deforestation often occurs as a way of making money to pay of debt.
By cancelling the debt, people no longer need to chop down the trees.
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