Tropical rainforests are sometimes cleared to make crops. These crops include plants that produce vegetable oils, such as palm o
il. However, deforestation leads to great loss of biodiversity. A group of concerned scientists devised two possible solutions to the problem. The best solution will spare additional rainforests from clear-cutting and still provide local communities with a source of income. Solution 1: Businesses buy oils only from certified deforestation-free areas. Oil producers use better management practices on non-forest land to increase crop yields.
Solution 2: Businesses switch to other types of vegetable oils that do not cause deforestation. For example, plants, such as corn and sunflowers, are grown in a grassland ecosystem.
Identify the best solution, and explain why the solution meets the criteria of the problem.
Solution 2: Businesses switch to other types of vegetable oils that do not cause deforestation. For example, plants, such as corn and sunflowers, are grown in a grassland ecosystem.
Explanation:
The second solution suggested will create a win-win palliative for the locals and the forest they are cutting down.
Let us analyze this solution;
Problem ; Deforestation owing to growing of crops
Growing of corn and sunflowers does not affect the forest in an area. To grow these crop species, clear cutting might not necessarily be carried out.
The vegetable oil will provide the farmers with an alternate source of income.
The forest will then be preserved.
The first solution takes the business away from the local area and the farmers will lose.
