attempts to manage Borneo's rainforests

1. promoting responsible management and use

1.1. forest stewardship council promotes the responsible management of all the forest in the world

1.1.1. companies can use its logo to prove their wood products are produced responsibly

1.1.2. consumer can then choose which one they want to buy

1.2. the forest and land restoration initiative in kalimantan

1.2.1. started aim to restore 900000 hectares of forest by afforestation and reforestation

1.2.2. local government and villagers are involved

1.2.3. planting teak and logged at a sustainable rate

1.2.3.1. valuable and fast growing

1.2.3.2. however, biodiversity is reduced because teak is not a tropical species

2. ecotourism

2.1. helps the local economy

2.1.1. often based in resorts within wildlife reserves

2.2. organisation like world bank

2.2.1. promoting the development and use of more efficient farming methods

2.3. improving the standard of edcuation

2.3.1. educating the people about why forest conservation is important

3. selective logging

3.1. individual trees are felled only when they are mature

3.2. the rainforest canopy is preserved and protect the ground below (also helps slower growing hardwoods

3.3. roots left behind by selective loggers allow other people to open up the forest

3.4. 30 other trees can be damaged if one of the tree are selectively logged

4. reducing debt

4.1. conservation swaps are a way of reducing the country debt and also benefit nature and conservation