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Source: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN).
Identify the region with the greatest forest area increase due to restoration between 2000 and 2019.
Identify one region with million hectares of forest restoration.
Describe the overall pattern of forest restoration progress shown in the infographic.
Explain two reasons why forest restoration is important for managing freshwater in drainage basins.
Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Conservation MOnitoring Centre (WCMC),World Resources Institute (WRI), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Atlas of Population and Environment (2001).
(i) Identify the continent where the Amazon River basin is located.
(ii) Identify one river basin located in Asia.
Describe the global distribution of the major river basins shown on the map.
Explain two reasons why drainage basins are important for human populations.
Examine the consequences of high domestic water use in high-income countries.
Discuss the effectiveness of strategies used to reduce domestic water consumption.
Examine how land use change affects the hydrology of drainage basins.
Discuss strategies for improving the sustainability of freshwater supply in drainage basins.
Identify one country with a large number of dams.
Identify one country where dam construction has caused a large increase in surface water area.
Describe the global pattern of dam-induced surface water area change shown on the map.
Explain two reasons why countries build large numbers of dams.