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11 Cards in this Set
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What is Kilum-Ilum forest?
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an area of mountain rainforest
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Where is Kilum-Ilum Forest
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Cameroon, Africa
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what is it home to?
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35 communities from 3 tribes
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How many people live a days walk away?
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250, 000
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whats was the forest underpressure from?
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farming and logging for timber and fuel
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What happened in 1987
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The conservation organisation BirdLife International started a project to create a sustainable forest reserve in the area
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True or false: the conservation organisation set up a unit to manave and monitor forest
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true
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What did they educate the communities about?
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replanting trees and safe levels or hunting and logging
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What sustainable management did they use?
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-selective logging
- afforestations -ecotourism -agroforestry -extractive reserves -size of resevoir big enough to support wildlife - reserves linked with natural corridors for migration |
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How has the project been succesful?
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8% of the forest area has increased since the project began
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what are the challenges for the future?
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-population growth will increase pressjre to deforest areas
- urban area, industry and roads can damage forest -climate change could degradr forest |
