Rainforest Futures & Trade-Offs
Understand that the future of rainforests depends on balancing competing needs — economic development for local communities, indigenous peoples' rights to their ancestral lands, global biodiversity conservation, and climate stability — and that there are no simple answers, requiring cooperation between governments, businesses, scientists, indigenous leaders, and consumers worldwide
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Can your child discuss the tricky problem of rainforest protection — that farmers need land, companies want resources, indigenous people have rights, and the whole planet needs the forests for climate — and there's no easy answer?
Understand that the future of rainforests depends on balancing competing needs — economic development for local communities, indigenous peoples' rights to their ancestral lands, global biodiversity conservation, and climate stability — and that there are no simple answers, requiring cooperation between governments, businesses, scientists, indigenous leaders, and consumers worldwide
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- Name at least three competing interests: economic development, indigenous rights, biodiversity, and climate stability
- Explain why there is no single simple solution to rainforest protection
- Suggest how different groups (governments, businesses, consumers, scientists) can each contribute to a better outcome
“Can your child discuss the tricky problem of rainforest protection — that farmers need land, companies want resources, indigenous people have rights, and the whole planet needs the forests for climate — and there's no easy answer?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Rainforests
- Age range
- Ages 9–11