deforestation in the amazon
- Created by: jessicate
- Created on: 01-05-18 06:20
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- area of around 8mil. km squared (3 x uk))lost to deforestation since 1978
- due to population growth and migration the govournment offers land in the forest to poor people from over crowded cities
- many more farmers and people who have no land are opening up more areas of the forest
- the amazon stores 100billion tonnes of carbon dioxide which will be released due to deforestation
- brazil could end up losing 55million tonnes of topsoil due to soil erosion per year caused by soy farming
- 65-70% commercial (cattle) ranching
- 20-25% substinence farming
- 5-10% commercial (soy) farming
- 2-3% logging/ illegal logging
- 1-2% other activites, mineral extraction, roads, energy, new settlements
- deveolpment provides wealth for poor places
- farming provided a lot of money for the economy in 2008. $9billion came from cattle trading alone
- second biggest exporter of soy beans in the world
- mining industry creates jobs. the buenaventura mining company in Peru employs 3100 people
- logging provides a huge amount of $$$$
- rubbertappers who extract rubber have lost livelihoods due to trees being cut down
- environmental imapcts
- causes of deforestation
- economic impacts
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