Ch. 10

Willingness to pay for something for use by future generations

All trees are removed, used for those that grow well in full sunlight

Small plantations of fast growing fuelwood trees around farms and in community woodlots

Nations are paid for concessions that preserve their resources

Restrictions on a deed that bar future owners from developing the land

Selective cutting by removing the largest trees, causes loss of biodiversity

Extremely hot ones that burn whole trees, occur where fires are suppressed, can destroy vegetation, kill wildlife, increase erosion, and damage human structures

Financially attractive for countries to protect tropical forests, Participating countries protect reserves in return for foreign aid and debt relief

Network of corridors connecting protected areas

Burn underground peat and decayed leaves, common in northern peat bogs. Difficult to detect

Connects isolated reserves and supports more species and allows migration

Timber companies can cut down valuable medium and large trees in national forests if they clear away fire prone trees and underbrush.

Woody annual plant makes paper and yields more paper pulp per hectare and requires fewer pesticides and herbicides

Private nonprofit groups that protect large areas of land.

Contains 155 national forests and 22 grasslands managed by the US Forest Service

58 national parks that experience erosion and degraded area because of tourists. Rangers work in unnecessary work like crowd control instead of education and conservation management

A private group that created the largest system of private natural areas and wildlife sanctuaries in 30 countries

Protecting an inner core of a reserve by establishing two buffer zones in which local people can extract resources in ways that don’t harm the inner core

When too many animals graze for too long and exceed the carrying capacity of a grassland area

Managed grasslands or enclosed meadows usually planted with domesticated grasses or other forage

Small surface fires that clear out fire prone trees and underbrush in high risk forest areas

Unfenced grasslands in temperate and tropical climates that supply food for grazing and browsing animals.

Altering the nature and location of ecosystems and reserves

Cattle are confined by portable fencing and moved every couple of days