Here are some key actions being taken to protect rainforests:- Educate about the importance of rainforests and encourage sustainable living- Restore damaged ecosystems through large-scale tree planting initiatives - Establish protected areas like national parks to preserve intact forests- Support companies committed to reducing deforestation in their supply chains - Empower indigenous groups to manage and protect their traditional lands- Develop alternative livelihoods to reduce pressure on forest resources- Monitor forests using technology like satellite imagery to detect illegal activityWorking together across many of these approaches gives the best chance to conserve rainforests for future generations
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The document provides an overview of sustainable palm oil and issues related to its production. It discusses what sustainable palm oil is and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) which establishes standards for sustainable palm oil production. It notes that some criticize RSPO certification as not doing enough to protect rainforests and accuse companies of "greenwashing". Alternatives views see backlash against palm oil as misguided. The document suggests ways to learn more about efforts to protect and restore threatened rainforests.
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- 1. Stage 3 Sustainable Asia
- 2. W What do L K we want to know? What have What do we we know? learned?
- 3. What are How are rainforests? rainforests What can we formed? do to protect rainforests? Rainforest plants What is palm oil? Rainforest animals What are the threats to Regeneration rainforests? in the rainforest Why are Where are the rainforests rainforests ? important?
- 5. Map Terminology and Vocabulary Words Continents Longitude- imaginary Tropic of Cancer- the parallel North Pole- lies in the center North America lines that run at right of latitude that is 23½ degrees of the Arctic circle; northern angles to the equator and north of the equator end of the Earth’s axis South America meet at the North and Asia South Poles; also called Tropic of Capricorn- the South Pole- southern end of Africa meridians parallel of latitude that is 23½ the Earth’s axis; lies in Antarctica degrees south of the equator continent of Antarctica Latitude- imaginary lines Australia that run horizontally Europe around the world parallel Map Key- tells what the Scale- way to measure a Ocean to the equator;also called symbols on a map mean larger area (like a continent) parallels on a map. Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Equator- imaginary line Compass rose- a symbol on a Indian Ocean around the middle of the map that has arrows that Arctic Ocean Earth that divides the point to directions (north, Earth into two equal south,east,west) Southern Ocean halves (northern and southern hemisphere)
- 8. Process Question Stems Knowledge What? Where? When? Is? Did? Does? Comprehension What can? Where would? When would? What is? Application How might? How would? When might? When would? Analysis How are___ alike? How are they different? Synthesis What might happen if…? If ____ what would? What would you change and how? Evaluation Which ______ do you agree with, and why? Which ________ would you prefer and why? What is your opinion of ____ ?
- 9. Click to learn how to create a Tagul of your own
- 10. endangered fungi germinate greenhouse herbivore humus logging photosynthesis rainforest seedling shrub temperate tropical monsoon symbiotic biodiversity understorey biofuel tropical vegetation canopy ecosystem understory equator refuge species debris decompose germinate seedling temperate deforestation climate emergent
- 11. Joanna Blogs SENTENCE WHERE I FOUND THE WORD: NAME In the rainforest most plant and animal life is not found on the forest floor, but in the leafy world known as the canopy. CONTEXT CLUES FROM THE TEXT MY CONNECTIONS WITH THIS WORD : is not found on the I think of the word canopy as something like a tent that you can shelter under. forest floor leafy world PART OF SPEECH: WORD: Canopy noun A PICTURE TO REMIND ME OF THE WORD’S MEANING : MY GUESS AT THE MEANING: A high up part of a forest that is leafy and provides shelter. It could be the high up parts of trees THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION: a : a cloth covering suspended over a bed b : a cover (as of cloth) fixed or carried above a person of RELATED WORDS: high rank or a sacred objec c : a protective covering: as (1) : the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest MY OWN SENTENCE: USING THE WORD: The sun was hot, but the rainforest creatures were sheltered from its rays by the canopy of leaves.
- 12. Green the film Click on the TV to watch the film and create a story-map to summarise the narrative. Green relates the moving story of the destruction of rainforests in Indonesia for palm oil, tropical wood and paper production. The story is told from the point of view of an Orang-utan in its last days of life. The story dramatically highlights the consequences of destruction of habitat, consumerism ,depletion of biodiversity and that Indonesian rainforest destruction is wreaking on endangered species like the orang-utan Read more: Green The Film | Rainforest Action Network http://ran.org/green-film#ixzz26yObY19M
- 13. Story map for Green the film Setting Characters Where? When? Complication/Problem Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Resolution and Message
- 14. The tropical rainforests are an important global resource and are the basis of most of the world's biodiversity. The rainforests store immense quantities of carbon and are the home of countless medicinal plants. Watch this video which highlights Wehea Protected Forest in East Kalimantan, Borneo
- 15. Mission 1 The world's rainforest are home to many tribal people. This is one of the least-recognised facts about rainforests Tragically, most of the native societies of the rainforest have already been destroyed or are under threat The Penan BBC Info Video WWF
- 16. Mission 2 Javan Rhinoceros Sumatran Tiger The Orangutan Giant Pied Hornbill Sumatran Elephant Ramin
- 17. Mission 3
- 18. Mission 4 IMPACT ON OUR PRESERVING CLIMATE EFFECTS DAILY LIVES BIODIVERSITY http://www.rainforestconservation.org/rainforest-primer/3-rainforests-in-peril-deforestation/e-why-preserve-the-tropical-rainforests-of-the-world
- 19. Mission 5 Illegal logging and paper production Palm oil plantations and unsuitable Threats to agriculture the Rainforest Illegal wildlife trade Global Warming • http://www.orangutan.org/rainforest/indonesian-forest-facts • http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/forest_indones ia7.php Forest facts Logging Palm Oil paper population
- 20. Mission 6 Many people all over the world are working together through international conservation organisations to protect and restore rainforests. Many They are working to : each about the importance of the environment estore damaged ecosystems by planting trees. ncourage people to live more sustainably stablish parks where rainforests are protected upport companies that are trying to reduce the negative environmental impacts. http://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/ http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/ Rainforest Rainforest Rainforest Indonesian Rainforest Rescue Alliance Alliance Foundation
- 21. Can you make a difference ? Discussion starters Barbie's rainforest Barbie and Ken: At last the Colonel’s destruction habit secret recipe is out of REVEALED! The Breakup the bucket
- 22. Group 1 What is sustainable palm oil? http://www.greenpalm.org/en/about-palm-oil/what-is-sustainable-palm-oil
- 23. What is the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, and what is Green Palm certification? Why do some people say that RSPO certification is not enough to protect rainforests in Borneo and Sumatra? What is greenwashing? Why do some people accuse companies seeking RSPO certification of greenwashing? Why do some people (like some of the commenters on the Green blog post) think the backlash against palm oil production is misguided?
- 24. What can be done ? Watch this video about the importance of our rainforests, detailing the regeneration plans for the Harapan Rainforest in Indonesia.
- 25. Image Sources Cargill's Problems With Palm Oil Sumatran elephants Palm fruit By CIFOR, (CC BY-NC- Sumatran Rhinoceros by Willem v By Rainforest Action Network, CC byProudwoman,CC BY-NC 2.0 ND 2.0 Strien,CC BY-NC 2.0 BY-NC 2.0 Forest cover map of in World Rainforest, BY Sumatra, BY Mogabay.com , planet of the apesBy Greenpeace Mogabay.com , CCby-nc-sa Sugar candies sold By CCby-nc-sa Switzerland,CC BY-NC 2.0 vm2827CC BY-NC 2.0 Sumatran tiger (Panthera Blue-fronted Flycatcher hutanBy along arman CC BY-NC 2.0 tigris sumatrae)By 5of7,CC KFCBy chooyutshing,CC BY-NC Sulswesi,byBy fveronesi1,CC BY-NC 2.0 2.0 BY-NC 2.0
- 26. What's at Stake in Borneo by buceros bicornisBy Joachim S. Log yard for illegal loggingBy RAN’s Rainforest Agribusiness Team Rainforest Action Network, Investigates Palm Oil Controversy in Müller ,CC BY-NC 2.0 CIFOR,CC BY-NC 2.0 Indonesia CC BY-NC 2.0 BTBT-1784_20090401_IMG_0004 By Penan rice-houseBy PenansBy tajai, SarawakBy Wakx Orang Asli,CC BY-NC 2.0 tajai,CC BY-NC 2.0 CC BY-NC 2.0 CC BY-NC 2.0 WWF LogoBy ponChiang,CC Fashion Ken 2 By layers of trf by BY-NC-ND 2.0 Barbie arquitectaBy estudiantes de JimmyMac210 geography2006, CC BY-NC arquitecturaBY-NC 2.0 CC BY-NC 2.0 2.0 FrogBy chrisinplymouthCC BY-NC Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris Greenpeace at Latitude 2010By Blue-fronted Flycatcher 2.0 sumatrae)By 5of7,CC BY-NC 2.0 HowardLake,CC BY-NC 2.0 Sulswesi,byBy fveronesi1,CC BY-NC 2.0