K.I. 4 There is a range of arguments for the conservation or development (exploitation) of the biome.

Evaluation of the level of sustainability of the utilisation of the vegetation of the biome needs to link:

A) Social

B) Economic

C) Environmental including (climatic)

Costs and Benefits

To save the Amazon Forest it is imperative to establish the supremacy of the

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

over the World Trade Organization

Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement

ENVIRONMENT v. ECONOMIC

Conservation over DevelopmentAny development should be SUSTAINABLE?

Ecological Reserve e.g www.amazonia.org/ The Reserva Ecolôgica do Xixuaú - Xiparinã is situated on the right hand bank of the Rio Jauaperí which marks the border between the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Roraima. The reserve measures 172.000 hectares and is the only private nature reserve of this type in the Brazilian Amazon.

The reserve consists entirely of primary forest and is home to many species of animal in danger of extinction elsewhere in the Amazon. The Brazilian giant otter, manatees, both species of river dolphin, black caiman, a number of species of turtle, snakes like the coral and the anaconda and a multitude of fish.

The jungle is inhabited by monkeys, marmosets, tamanduas, sloths, ocelot, jaguar, tapirs, anteaters, armadillos, peccaries, pacas, etc. ENVIRONMENTAL

Justino Filho da Souza

Community Xixuau SOCIAL

Justino is the Director of the Xixuau-Xiparina Reserve

Esta e Elielma uma moradora na reserva do Xixuau.

An indigenous girl called Elielma who lives in the Xixuau reserve.

SOCIAL

Agroforestry growing ground crops under tree cover. Trees also used e.g. brazil nuts. Soil erosion reduced.

Promote the use of agroforestry - Agroforestry is the practice of growing trees with agricultural crops or livestock on the same parcel of land. Well-known examples of agroforestry are windbreaks, hedgerows, and mixed home gardens where trees form an integral part of the property

ECONOMIC

Plantation style

Trees in rows

Regular spacing

ECONOMIC

Polyculture style

More haphazard appearance

ECONOMIC

Sustainable Development on the Rio Jauaperi – Ecotourism The Associacao Amazonia began a limited ecotourism activity in 1995. Small groups of tourists are brought to the reserve where they stay in the Maloca, the Indian style lodge built for this purpose. Recently request for trips has increased and the range of customers is extending into sports fishermen, bird watchers, wildlife photographers, journalists etc.

ECONOMIC

Extractive reserve – belongs to the state.

No trees felled

Local people have fishing rights

And limited farming rights

And can collect forest products

e.g rubber

Brazil nuts

Specimen plants for scientific research

ECONOMIC

The ECONOMIC value of a forest extends far beyond the value of its timber. Traditionally, indigenous peoples have harvested a wide variety of produce from the forest without having to destroy its ecosystem. Rubber, fibres, fruits, seeds, flowers, nuts and honey are just some of the many examples of non-timber forest products.

How does the FSC work? The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international, non-profit association founded in 1993 through the collaborative efforts of more than one hundred participants representing economic, social, indigenous and environmental interests. ECONOMIC

The FSC issues certificates for well managed forests and was created to allow corporate buyers and the public to identify products coming from responsible forest management…

Eighty percent of all logging in the Amazon is illegal, according to figures compiled by Greenpeace  

Non-sustainable Developments …

Video evidence documents IBAMA officials accused of accepting a bribe to log a Brazilian forest area Three forest guardians working for the Brazilian government were suspended from their jobs and face a prison sentence after being filmed taking bribes from an Amazon timber company.

Mineral wealth

Ouro = gold

Sn = tin

Diamante = diamonds

Yanomami Homelands

Ranching area

The deforestation by settlers and cattle ranchers has provoked erosion on a disastrous scale. Roraima, Brazil, 1998.

Forest Fires. Tropical rainforest. The Amazon, Brazil, Roraima, south of Boa Vista

Project Upgrade and improve traffic conditions on the highways which transport grains grown the West of Brazil. Upgraded section of BR-364 in Roraima state

While Brazil's Yanomami Indians have been granted permanent and exclusive rights to occupy and use their land, there is enormous resistance from cattle ranchers and the timber and mining industries to what they see as "giving away" valuable land to Indians.