1/12 Sustainable Forestry AP

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Demand for wood will go up _____________ by 2050

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3X

4X

5X

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What are the three different types of forests?

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Use the PPT to answer the benefits of sustainable forest management. (The yellow circles help!)

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How do we mitigate deforestation?

Reuse wood

Reforest deforested areas

Use and buy wood harvested by ecologically sustainable forestry techniques

Continue slash-and-burn agriculture

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How do we protect forests from disease?

Use Integrated Pest Management

Selected removal of affected trees

Plant exotic trees from other parts of the world

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Fire is

an unnatrual process

always caused by humans on accident

always caused by humans on purpose

a natural process

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Fires help the process of nutrient cycling by

burying nutrients in sediment for millions of years

liberating nutrients tied up in dead biomass

creating sediment that erodes into bodies of water

solidifying nutrients in solid form for millennia

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Fires create regeneration of new plants by

burying plants in sediment for millions of years

creating new openings for early-successional species

creating sediment that erodes into bodies of water

gasifying nutrients in gaseous form for millennia

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What is a prescribed burn?

a fire set unintentionally by someone who litters with a cigarette

a fire set intentionally for purposes of forest management

a fire set unintentionally by campers that did not put out a campfire

a fire set intentionally for purposes of arson

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What builds up when periodic fires are suppressed?

Live plants

Poison ivy

Dead biomass

Dead animals

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What is causing California's wildfires?

El Nino and La Nina

Climate change (heat and drought) + increased development

Placement of National Parks in fire prone areas

Poor forest management

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Describe the process of reforestation.

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Describe the process of selective cutting.

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Describe the process of ecologically sustainable forestry.

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Describe the process of reusing wood.

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Describe the process of protecting forests from diseases.

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Describe the process of a prescribed burn.

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1/12 Sustainable Forestry AP

Demand for wood will go up _____________ by 2050

What are the three different types of forests?

Use the PPT to answer the benefits of sustainable forest management. (The yellow circles help!)

How do we mitigate deforestation?

How do we protect forests from disease?

Fire is

Fires help the process of nutrient cycling by

Fires create regeneration of new plants by

What is a prescribed burn?

What builds up when periodic fires are suppressed?

What is causing California's wildfires?

Describe the process of reforestation.

Describe the process of selective cutting.

Describe the process of ecologically sustainable forestry.

Describe the process of reusing wood.

Describe the process of protecting forests from diseases.

Describe the process of a prescribed burn.

Describe 5 ecosystem services that sustainable forests provide.

Demand for wood will go up _____________ by 2050

What are the three different types of forests?

Use the PPT to answer the benefits of sustainable forest management. (The yellow circles help!)

How do we mitigate deforestation?

How do we protect forests from disease?

Fire is

Fires help the process of nutrient cycling by

Fires create regeneration of new plants by

What is a prescribed burn?

What builds up when periodic fires are suppressed?

What is causing California's wildfires?

Describe the process of reforestation.

Describe the process of selective cutting.

Describe the process of ecologically sustainable forestry.

Describe the process of reusing wood.

Describe the process of protecting forests from diseases.

Describe the process of a prescribed burn.

Describe 5 ecosystem services that sustainable forests provide.