Brazil: 21st Century Giant
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- Created on: 24-05-16 19:06
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- Brazil: 21st Century Giant
- MANAUS
- 'Oasis of industry in the rainforest'
- Over the past 20 yrs, the city has doubled in size
- 2 million population
- MANAUS BRIDGE
- Cost $400 million
- 3.5 km long
- Brazil set to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure in the next 10 yrs
- Forced to destroy the rainforest
- Each aspect of the bridge came from within Brazil
- ALTA FLORESTA
- 50,000 population
- Cattle & Cow
- 80% of deforestation in Brazil is for cattle farming
- Cattle farming is a $7 billion, growing industry
- 200 billion head of cattle
- AMAZON RAINFOREST
- Home to over 1/2 of world's animals
- Vital for finding medicines
- The natural resources in the Amazon are exploited by Drug Companies
- The Amazon absorbs 1/4 of the world's carbon emissions
- Illegal loggers are a big problem
- Although the fellers are caught, the ring masters aren't
- pharmaceutical industry worth $75 billion
- SAO LUIS
- 280 million tonnes of iron ore exported last year
- 1 million tonnes of iron ore stored there
- Provides countries like China with essentials to develop
- Billions of $ of profit per year
- GOLD
- Gold fishers get 30/40 grams daily
- Now legal as long as:
- They don't use mercury to purify the gold
- They restore the sea bed before they leave
- In 2010, gold prices soared
- So profits at single rivers are now around $20 million
- MANAUS
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