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PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT ISSUES FORESTS UNDER THREAT 8: FORESTS UNDER THREAT What are the threats to forest biomes and how can they be reduced? How biotic and abiotic characteristics are interdependent in the tropical rainforest. How plants and animals are adapted to the climate of the tropical rainforest. Why tropical rainforests have a very high rate of nutrient cycling, which supports high levels of biodiversity and complex food webs. Causes of deforestation in tropical rainforests. Why climate change is an indirect threat to the health of tropical rainforests. Advantages and disadvantages of global actions designed to protect tropical rainforests species and areas. Why deforestation rates are rising in some tropical rainforest areas but falling in others. The challenge of achieving sustainable forest management and why alternative livelihoods might better protect the remaining tropical rainforest. How biotic and abiotic characteristics are interdependent in the taiga. How taiga plants and animals are adapted to the climate. Why the taiga has lower productivity with less active nutrient cycling and much lower levels of biodiversity. Direct (logging for softwood / pulp and paper production) and indirect (exploitation of minerals / fossil fuels / HEP potential) threats to the taiga. How acid precipitation, forest fires, pests and diseases contribute to a loss of biodiversity in the taiga. The challenges of creating and maintaining protected wilderness areas, national parks and sustainable forestry in the taiga. Reasons for conflicting views on protecting or exploiting forest and natural resources in the taiga. Making a geographical decision business (es) abiotic fauna environment (al) biotic flora government (al) deforestation precipitation infrastructure exploitation taiga