Equipment:
After the game
Each group needs a copy of Sheet 1 (overleaf), a role
card and paper and pencils for note-taking.
Provide an opportunity for players to ‘come out of
role’ and talk about the game.
Preparation:
There are 2 versions of the role play card:
Ÿ Card A provides a brief outline of the role.
Ÿ Card B provides cues to support thinking.
© Nick Ford
The leader of the activity should decide whether to
hand out copies of one or both role play cards i.e.
those groups needing most support should be given
role play cards A and B. Groups that do not receive
card B will have more opportunity to develop their own
thinking.
The Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is an international organisation
dedicated to promoting responsible
forestry.
The Forest
Summit
A role play game
One of the role play cards is blank – this may be used
to create another group e.g. farmers, mining company,
FSC etc.
The adult in charge of the activity should act as
chairperson.
Simpler Version
The activity can be adapted for use by younger/
smaller groups.
Ÿ Create 3 groups – forest owners, indigenous
people and environmentalists.
Ÿ Each group decides which three objectives they
wish to achieve with regards the management of
their forest. Support can be given at this stage if
required.
Ÿ The requirements are shared and the groups
work together to agree a final set of agreed
outcomes.
How to play
Ÿ Create 7 groups – one for each role play card.
Ÿ Give out copies of Sheet 1 and the role play cards
and allow time for the players to think about and
discuss their role as a group.
Ÿ Call the meeting to order, explain any rules (e.g.
respect for speakers & listeners) and introduce the
first item on the agenda.
FSC UK would like to thank Central Windsor
Scouts for helping to develop this game.
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Sheet 1
User Group Cards A
Background information
Forest users - bird watchers, mountain
bikers, walkers, scout & guide groups
Forestry workers
The country owes a large debt to the International
Bank. The bank has suggested that a large area of
rainforest be developed to create money that can
be used to repay the debt. The country already
exports timber – much of it is illegally logged – the
government receives none of this money. 1 in
every 5 of the population lives in poverty.
Your work involves cutting down trees for the timber
company.
The forest provides lots of opportunities for recreation a place to relax, study or play.
Forest Plan A
Timber company
A large area of rainforest will be developed to
provide jobs and prosperity for the people of this
country. New roads will be built. Logging
companies will clear the forests and use the roads
to bring the timber to the ports. The land will be
turned into farms. Mining companies will search for
oil, coal and minerals. This plan will bring jobs,
money, schools and hospitals to the people of the
forests.
Your company employs forestry workers to cut down
trees. The wood is sold to other
companies e.g. Paper manufacturers and Environmental organisation
furniture makers.
Your aim is to safeguard the natural world and make
sure that people and wildlife can thrive – both now and
in the future.
The Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is an international organisation
dedicated
to promoting responsible
Reminder
forestry.
Forests provide natural, renewable resources
which can be sustainably managed. Forests play a
vitally important role in tackling climate change.
Forests are home to thousands of species of plants
and animals. Forests can provide people with jobs
and money.
Agenda
Ÿ Introductions – each group gives a brief
introduction about themselves.
Ÿ Forest Plan A – the chairperson will explain the
plan and invite groups to give opinions.
Ÿ Forest Plan B – groups will be invited to
suggest and discuss any changes to Plan A.
Ÿ Agreement – groups will be asked to agree on
a plan.
Ÿ Each group will be invited to issue a brief press
statement to the media.
Indigenous people
Consumers
The forest provides things that you buy – wooden
furniture & flooring, fruits and nuts, rubber, medicines,
fibres…
You live in the forest – it provides your food, water,
fuel, shelter, goods, medicines and clothes.
Government
You need to understand the interests of each of the
different user groups and take decisions based on what
you think is best for everyone.
User Group Cards B
Forest users - bird watchers, mountain
bikers, walkers, scout & guide groups
Forestry workers
How will this affect the forest – now and in the
future/how will it affect me/ what can we do about this?
How will this affect my job/ will this make my job and
more or less dangerous/ will there still be a job for me
in the future?
Consumers
How much damage to the environment is caused by
the things I buy / can I make a difference as a
consumer/ what will that do to the price/ who wins –
and who are the main losers from these changes/ do I
still want to buy things that come from the forests?
Timber company
How will this affect our profi ts/ our workers/ our
customers/ our competitors – both now
and in the future?
Indigenous people
How will this affect our community/ how will this affect
my children’s future/ what are the benefits/ who are the
winners and who are the losers?
Government
How will this affect the different user groups/ are any of
these groups more important than the others/ what will
be the short and long-term effects/ will this make us
more or less popular?
Environmental organisation
Is this sustainable/ how will it affect people and wildlife
– today and in the future/ what changes will it cause
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Equipment:
Ÿ Copies of the Treasure trail sheet (overleaf)
Ÿ Scissors
Preparation:
© Iain Leadley
Make one copy of the treasure trail sheet, cut off the right hand column of the sheet - ‘Reason
(part 2)’. Hide each section of the column in a different place and use the middle column of the
treasure trail sheet to record a clue or provide compass bearings to describe where each one
can be found.
Make copies of your copy of the treasure trail sheet – with the missing right hand column and
the clues.
The Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is an international organisation
dedicated to promoting responsible
forestry.
10 Good Reasons
to Buy FSC
Ask the players to find the missing parts of the 10 Good Reasons to Buy FSC. They should
record the missing parts of the ‘reasons’ on their treasure trail sheet.
FSC UK would like to thank 1st Bowdens Scout
Group for trialling the Treasure Trail activity.
A Treasure Trail
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Reason (part 1)
Clue to location
Reason (part 2)
1. FSC forests are managed with consideration
for...
people, wildlife and the environment.
2. The FSC label guarantees that the trees that
are harvested are...
replaced or allowed to regenerate naturally.
3. Parts of the forest are protected entirely...
in order to protect rare animals and plants.
4. FSC protects the rights of indigenous people
to use the forest...
If they have sacred sites in the forest these are
exempt from felling.
5. The forest owner must use...
local workers to run the forest, and provide
training, safety equipment and a decent salary.
6. FSC ensures better conditions for the...
forest and the people whose livelihoods depend
on it.
The Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is an international organisation
7. FSCtoworks
to make
sure that
dedicated
promoting
responsible
forestry.
generations will be able...
future
to enjoy the benefits of the forest.
8. All the wood is tracked from the forest to the
store. Every link between the forest and the
consumer is certified to...
make it easy to identify which wood is FSC
certified and which is not.
9. FSC is the only wood certification scheme
endorsed by the major environmental charities,
including...
WWF, Greenpeace and The Woodland Trust.
10. The FSC label is not only available on wood
for furniture. It can also be found on...
tissues, books, charcoal, kitchen
utensils, even footballs.
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Equipment:
Pieces of paper or card marked with the letter C to
represent Carbon. Clothes pegs, paper clips or bull-dog
clips represent Oxygen .
How to play
Divide group into three teams:
Team A - between 3 to 6 members, who represent
factories.
Team B - an equal number to team A, representing trees.
The Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is an international organisation
dedicated to promoting responsible
forestry.
Moving Carbon
A running game
demonstrating the
impact of deforestation
on climate change.
Team B, the forest team, breaks up the CO2, releasing
the Oxygen and storing the Carbon, i.e. taking the pegs
off the card, releasing the pegs back into the atmosphere
and keeping the card. The “trees” can store as much
Carbon as they can hold.
Team C acts as the atmosphere and runs between the
trees and the factories carrying the Carbon and Oxygen.
They can only carry one molecule of CO2 (i.e. 2 pegs
attached to a card) or 2 atoms of Oxygen (2 pegs) at a
time
Team C - everyone else, representing the atmosphere.
Ÿ The game should be stopped after 5 minutes to
determine the level of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Everyone is given two Oxygen atoms (clothes pegs/
paper clips)
Ÿ At this point, half the trees should be harvested and
reassigned as factories.
Team A, the factory team, burns fuel and makes Carbon
Dioxide (CO2) by attaching 2 atoms of Oxygen (pegs) to
1 atom of Carbon (card). This team should have an
unlimited supply of Carbon.
Ÿ The game should be played for another 5 minutes
and the CO2 levels noted. With fewer trees gathering
Carbon, the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere will build
up quickly.
Team A
Team B
Team C
Factories
Atmosphere
Trees
Make Carbon Dioxide by
attaching two pegs (Oxygen)
to each card (Carbon).
Carry Carbon Dioxide from the
factories to the trees and Oxygen
from the trees to the factories.
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Break up Carbon Dioxide by
taking the pegs (Oxygen) off
the card (Carbon).
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Ÿ CO2 is made from 1 atom of carbon and 2 atoms of
Oxygen. CO2 is created when fossil fuels are burned.
Ÿ Trees and green plants use sunlight and the CO2 in
the atmosphere to create their own foods, through a
process called photosynthesis. The Carbon
molecules are stored within the tree or plant and the
Oxygen molecules released back into the
atmosphere. Forests are sometimes referred to as
Carbon sinks – they remove Carbon from the
atmosphere and store it.
© FSC UK
Ÿ The forest is a Carbon sink only while the Carbon
stock continues to increase. Eventually an upper limit
is reached where losses through respiration and
disturbances such as fire, storms, pests or diseases
equal the Carbon gain from photosynthesis.
The Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is an international organisation
dedicated to promoting responsible
forestry.
Notes
Accompaniment to
‘Moving Carbon’
activity.
Ÿ Forests and woodlands in the UK contain around 150
million tonnes of Carbon, and every year they remove
about 4 million tonnes of Carbon from the
atmosphere. The rate of Carbon sequestration is
relatively high because most of the UK’s forests are
young and still growing. As our forests grow older, the
rate of CO2 removal will fall.
Ÿ The Earth’s climate is driven by a continuous flow of
energy from the sun. Heat energy from the sun
passes through the Earth’s atmosphere and warms
the Earth’s surface. As the temperature increases, the
Earth sends heat energy back into the atmosphere.
Some of this heat is absorbed and reflected back to
Earth by gases in the atmosphere. These gases act
as a blanket, trapping in the heat and preventing it
from being reflected too far from the Earth.
Ÿ CO2 is the most significant of the gases in our
atmosphere which keep the Earth warm by trapping in
the heat and preventing it from being reflected too far
from the Earth
Ÿ Burning fossil fuels releases the CO2 stored millions
of years ago. We use fossil fuels to run vehicles
(petrol, diesel and kerosene), heat homes,
businesses and power factories.
Ÿ Deforestation releases the Carbon stored in trees and
also results in less Carbon Dioxide being removed
from the atmosphere.
Ÿ In FSC certified forests, any trees that are harvested
are replanted or allowed to regenerate naturally.
Forests and woodlands managed for commercial
wood production through periodic harvesting
generally have lower Carbon stocks than stands that
are not harvested, but this harvesting should not be
confused with deforestation. Fast growing young
trees absorb more Carbon Dioxide from the
atmosphere than older trees. There are also human
benefits in that responsible woodland management
can provide a potentially never ending harvest.
Ÿ When wood is used as a fuel in place of fossil fuels,
fewer Carbon Dioxide emissions are produced
overall, as long as more trees are planted in place of
those cut down or trees are allowed to regenerate
naturally.
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The design and
printing of this activity
sheet has been
supported by
Environment Wales.
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