Can the threats to biodiversity be successfully managed?

1. Monday 18th July 2011 Objectives: - To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree. Can the threats to biodiversity be successfully managed?

2. Objectives: - To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree. - Starter Cairns Tourism is the biggest threat facing the Daintree. How do you think the threats to biodiversity in the Daintree can be managed?

3. Objectives: - To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree.

4. Objectives:- - To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree.

5. Objectives:- To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree.

6. Objectives: - To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree.. • 1] Teacher led notes on the following: • The concept of sustainable yield. • The Key Players. 2] Student Activities focussed on the case study: ‘Managing the Daintree rainforest.’ Read pg.’s 115 to 117 in the A2 textbook and complete the following activities: 1. List and give brief detail about each of the organisations (PLAYERS) interested in the Daintree. 2. Draw a spider diagram to show the Rainforest Co- operative research Council’s proposals to protect the environment and build a sustainable community in the DaintreeRainforect 3.Complete Qu.’s 2b, c & d (pg.117)

7. Forested Areas of Australia Daintree Rainforest

8. Daintree Rainforest • Located at 16 S / 145 E • The Daintree Rainforest has a history that stretches more than 135 million years. • The Kuku Yalariji people, are believed to have inhabited the rainforest for more than 9000 years. • Added to the World Heritage List in 1988

9. Benefits of the rainforests (ecosystem services) • Carbon sequestration – regulating climate • Tourism – economy support and biome protection • Medicine – 25% drugs contain products from rainforests (malaria, arthritis, diabetes). Some Daintree plants seem to be anti-cancerous • Logging – industry development from 1930s-1980s • Culture – aboriginals of the wet tropic rainforests believe that the biome is their living cultural landscape

10. What’s the big deal? Seven key facts that make the Daintree rainforest so important: • Highest level of endemic species in Australia • 13 species of bird found no-where else • Over 65% of Australia’s butterflies and bats • 28/36 mangrove species • Example of major stages in evolution • Home to dinosaurs • Home to the deadly idiot fruit

11. Objectives: - To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree. VIDEO EXERCISE Watch the BBC documentary ‘The State of the Planet – Is there a Crisis?’Take notes on the scientific evidence that suggests that many of the world’s ecosystems are in crisis. http://www.youtube.com/user/MartianSanta

12. EXTENSION: G:\Geography\MIP\Geography\AS and A Level\New Edexcel A2\Unit 3 Contested Planet\Topic 3 - Biodiversity under threat\Ning Resouces\Daintree Rainforest

13. Objectives: - To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree. ASSIGNMENT Research photographs and text about the Cairns area in terms of (a) what the area is like, (b) how it has developed, and (c) the kind of environment it provides for tourists. [Submit: Monday 18th July 2011]

14. Objectives: - To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree. Plenary “The main threats to biodiversity are ………………….” Go around class in turn, adding information without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

15. Objectives:- To understand the concept of sustainable yield and the role of sustainable management in determining a ‘safe’ use of ecosystems. - To construct a conflict matrix to show how far the organisations which have an interest in the Daintree (i.e. the Players) agree or disagree.