The Geography Department
GCSE
EdExcel syllabus 1312
A3 The Natural World
6. Forest management.
case study: Papua New Guinea
Chapter 4 pages 82-86
Tomorrow's Geography Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren,
published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
4.3 the global distribution of tropical rainforests, temperate deciduous and temperate coniferous forests (taiga).
The ways in which trees in tropical rainforests and taiga have adapted to the natural environment.
students should -
Define the terms conservation, exploitation and sustainable development.
Describe and explain these ideas in terms of a tropical rainforest system.
Understand the different opinions involved and the conflicts between the different interest groups.
Forest management.
case study: Papua New Guinea
(4 lessons)
above photo is a link to GREENPEACE
Greenpeace also have a superb archive of the conflicts over logging in the Solomons
The trade in tropical timber
logs
sawnwood
plywood
total
source
importer
Latin America
399
USA
399
Asia/Pacific
1462
Asia/Pacific
532
Netherlands
532
Asia/Pacific
466
UK
466
Africa
883
France
Asia/Pacific
358
1241
Africa
372
Germany
Asia/Pacific
507
879
Africa
516
Italy
516
Asia/Pacific
984
412
Singapore
1396
Asia/Pacific
13494
1248
935
Japan
15677
15265
4028
3275
22568
Logging concessions map of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
The Paradise forest by Greenpeace
Read pages 82-86 from Tomorrow's Geography and answer either Higher or Foundation from page 86.
Look at the Excel sheet (shown opposite)- trade in tropical timber
Make a graphic to display these figures; include a title, scales and a paragraph saying what you have learned from the graphs). You could ask a number of questions, such as:
'Which area of the world is being plundered most for its hardwoods?' or
'Which country is responsible for most of the destruction of tropical hardwoods?'
Watch video G 208 Solomon Islands: trouble in paradise and fill in the response sheet - Logging in the Solomon Islands in Word format.
Pacific Magazine on eco-forestry in the Solomons
climate - 2. Depressions & anticyclones
climate - 3. European climates
Forests - 4. Distribution & coniferous
Forests - 5. Tropical forest ecosystem
Forests - 6. PNG & Solomons
