HKDSE Geography/M6

HKDSE Geography

• Objectives
• Living with our physical environment
  • M1: Opportunities and Risks
  • M2a: Rivers
  • M2b: Coasts
• Facing changes in the human environment
  • M3: Industry
  • M4: Sustainable City

development mutually exclusive?

• Confronting global challenges
  • M5: Famines and Agriculture
  • M6: Tropical Rainforests
  • M7: Global Warming
• Elective modules
  • E1: Dynamic Earth
  • E2: Climate
  • E3: Transport
  • E4: Zhujiang Delta

Guiding Questions

• What is happening to tropical rainforests?
• What would a tropical rainforest look like before large-scale deforestation? Why does it look like that?
• What is the evidence for saying that tropical rainforest is a complex but fragile ecosystem?
• Why are tropical rainforests all over the world disappearing at a faster rate in recent times?
• What is the impact of large-scale deforestation in tropical rainforest regions?
• How will it affect the local and global environments?
• How will it affect the indigenous people?
• How will it affect our lives in Hong Kong?
• How can tropical rainforests be prevented from disappearing?
• Will the protection of tropical rainforests hinder the development of the local economy?
• Can we strike a balance?
• What price has to be paid to protect tropical rainforests, and who should pay?
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the measures