Drilling for oil in the Amazon rainforest

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit team
Drilling for oil in the Amazon rainforest
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
The living world: Tropical rainforests
Resource type
Worksheet
Student activity
Starter/Plenary
Homework
Continents
South America
This resource focuses on the costs of developing parts of the Amazon tropical rainforest. It uses an article from a magazine to investigate the cost of development in the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador, which breaks world records for its biodiversity. Oil has been recently found there, should it be developed or not? Students answer a series of questions to consider possible options.

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