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Managing forests

Students should be able to describe and clarify the importance of sustainable forest management, including how growing forests function as carbon sinks and mature forests serve as carbon stores, their role in the water cycle, their contribution to preventing soil erosion, their significance for biodiversity as a genetic resource, and their provision of food, medicine, industrial raw materials, and opportunities for ecotourism.

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CambridgeIGCSEEnvironmental ManagementNatural ecosystems and human activities

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  • Students should be able to describe and clarify the importance of sustainable forest management, including how growing forests function as carbon sinks and mature forests serve as carbon stores, their role in the water cycle, their contribution to preventing soil erosion, their significance for biodiversity as a genetic resource, and their provision of food, medicine, industrial raw materials, and opportunities for ecotourism.

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