People's use of the rainforest
I can describe different ways people use tropical rainforests and explain the impacts of deforestation.
People's use of the rainforest
I can describe different ways people use tropical rainforests and explain the impacts of deforestation.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Indigenous peoples have been living in tropical rainforests for thousands of years.
- People use rainforests in a variety of ways including farming, mining, medicine and homes.
- Deforestation is rapidly reducing the size of rainforests to make way for human activity.
- Deforestation has negative impacts: loss of carbon sinks, loss of habitats, soil erosion and the displacement of people.
Keywords
Indigenous - People who are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved there from elsewhere.
Commercial - Related to the making of money from buying or selling things.
Economy - The way money in a particular area is made and spent.
Erosion - The process of Earth’s surface, e.g. rock or soil, being worn away and transported from its original site.
Common misconception
Only people that live in/near the rainforest use it.
Many products grown/extracted from the rainforest are exported and used by people all over the world.
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Exit quiz
4 Questions
people who are the original inhabitants of a place
the making of money from buying or selling things
the way money is made and spent in an area
the process of Earth’s surface being worn and transported away