IGCSE Geography / Fragile environments and climate change

Managing rainforests sustainably revision notes

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 7: Fragile environments and climate change, specification point 7.3b. Part of the full course.

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Sustainable rainforest management lets people earn a living from the forest today without destroying it for future generations. It combines ways to earn income from standing forest with laws, monitoring and payments that protect it.

More lessons in Fragile environments and climate change

• Fragile environments
• What causes desertification
• Case study: desertification of the Sahel
• What causes deforestation
• Natural causes of climate change
• The enhanced greenhouse effect
• The impacts of desertification
• The impacts of deforestation
• How climate change is damaging fragile environments
• How climate change is affecting people
• Technology and water in drylands
• Case study: conserving Brazil's rainforest
• Responding to climate change
• Case study: the UK's response to climate change
• Case study: China's response to climate change
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