Year 9 assessment
The Rain Forest Issue
Aim
To write an essay describing and explaining issues surrounding
the destruction of Tropical Rain Forests
•You may produce your essay in writing or
on computer
•You will gain credit if you do some of
your own research
•Remember to write about REAL places
•The level you achieve will contribute to
your end of year level
Remember to do a front cover
Name + Form
Title: The Rain Forest Issue
Year 9 assessment
The Rain Forest Issue
Introduction
•What are tropical rain forests/what are they like?
•Where are they found (located) ~ show this on a labelled
map
•How fast are they disappearing?
Interactions Pages 9 - 13
useful for this section
Year 9 assessment
Tropical Rain Forest destruction
Why are the forests being destroyed?
•Write about ALL the reasons forests are being cut down
•For wealth
•Road building
•Logging
•Farming
•Cattle ranching
•Mining
•Hydro-electric power (HEP
•Include details of actual places where this is happening
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Tropical Rain Forest destruction
What effects is the destruction having?
•On people
•On the environment (rivers, soil, animals, global warming)
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Tropical Rain Forest destruction
Why should we conserve/look after the forests?
•Explain what conservation means
•Write about the value of forests
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Tropical Rain Forest destruction
How can we conserve the forests sustainably?
•Explain what sustainable means
•Describe ways in which the forest can be used/exploited
without doing damage
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Tropical Rain Forest destruction
Sustainable use of tropical rain forests
Starter:
•Study the 10 ideas on your sheet
•Write numbers 1 – 10 in your book
•For each one in turn decide what benefits it has (use these
codes next to the numbers)
•L ~ helps local people eg. food, jobs
•E ~ helps environment
•M ~ brings money into the country eg. Brazil
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Tropical Rain Forest destruction
Conclusion
Think about the destruction of the rain forests ………should we
be concerned? Should we do anything?
Create nature
reserves to
protect animals
from extinction
Eco-tourism
employs local
people & uses
local
resources
Only buy
timber from
sustainable
sources
Sustainability
Encourage
local farmers
to plant
crops
between
trees
No logging
in some
parts of
forests
Pay fair
price for
products
eg. nuts
Buy
environmentally
friendly products
which keep local
people in work
Aforestation (plant
fast-growing trees
to be used for fuel
& building
Drugs companies
pay to research
in forest