Rubric for 5A2 and 5A3 on Natural Vegetation

c) For a named tropical rainforest area you have studied, describe the way in which afforestation and reforestation can be encouraged.

How effective is this as a method of protecting the forest. [8]

Level 1 (0-3 marks)
Describe briefly what reafforestation is but no detail. No place reference given or very general e.g Indonesia. No supported effectiveness, or ultra simple, e.g ‘it worked’, ‘it was effective’.

Level 2 (4-6 marks)
Some description of reafforestation and how it works. Place reference given by little detail. E.g Kalimantan in Indonesia. Brief statements of effectiveness, e.g ‘ reafforestation has helped to restore some of the forest’.

Level 3 (7 – 8 marks)
Detail description of how reafforestation work.Place reference given fairly specific, e.g East Kalimantan. Clear statement of degree of effectiveness, e.g ‘in 2000, up to 90 0000 km2 of forest were replanted.’