Question on Natural Vegetation Approach taken to save the rain forest

With reference to relevant examples or a case study, assess the multipronged
approach undertaken by the local government in saving the rainforests.[8]


L1 0-3
Describes methods adopted by the govt to reduce deforestation


L2 4-6
Describe effectiveness OR ineffectiveness of 1 measure
Describe effectiveness OR ineffectiveness of 2 measures
Assess 3 effectiveness OR 3 ineffectiveness of 3 measures


L3 7-8
Assess all effectiveness AND ineffectiveness of 1 measure and briefly for 2nd .
Assess all effectiveness AND ineffectiveness of 2 measures and briefly for 3rd
structure.
Assess all effectiveness AND ineffectiveness 3 measures


Govt
1 Ministry Of Forest- Involves Govt,local govts, villagers, indigenous people
Laws can be swiftly enforced
BUT in reality…..it is difficult to enforce.
Corruption is rife.. Area too big to police

2 Controlled logging
Through -law enforcement, education, research programme
Laws-fines & imprisonment for illegal logging
Selective logging-cut only the commercially
valuable trees vs clear cutting
Selective cutting allows forests to regrow
BUT
Diff to enforce laws-monitoring illegal logging- huge areas, very remote,
inaccessible
Corruption…
Selective logging – as damaging as clear cutting

3 Aforestation-plant trees in areas not originally covered with forest
• Reforestation-plant trees in abandoned agricultural land, of areas that have
been logged.
• Forests and Land Restoration-involve local people, timber company
• Grow teak-commercially valuable-found to grow well in rainforest
• Grow fast-5 years vs 20 years
• Allows teak to be logged at a sustainable rate
But
• Rate of trees logged faster than reforestation
• Incentives not good enough for mass participation to occur
• Only teak grown-loss of biodiversity-can’t support the original Flora & Fauna of rainforest
• No different from plantations

4 Conservation-protection of forest from destruction
• Nature reserve-encourage ecotourism
• Success
• Betung Kerihun nature Reserve [1992]-home to many species of Flora & Fauna[honey bear, gibbons, Orang Utangs]
• But
• Illegal logging still persist in conserved forest –diff to monitor

5 Implementation of policy that makes clearance of forest by fire illegal
• Scheme called-Integrated Forest Fires Protection System
• National Fire Management Plan
• Edn of pple-on dangers of setting forest on fire
• But
• Plantation Cos-still continue to set forest on fire-cheapest
• Shifting cultivators way of life-traditional farming methods inherited from past generations