Although there are many causes of
deforestation, today the most common source is Cattle Ranching in the area. Once
government procedures started to change, along with the new roads, cattle ranchers’
began to settle. The beef market in Brazil is one of the highest leading
industries, reasons for that would be the decline of real estate prices, and
the increase of prices on beef products. Also, because the government was so encouraging
for these ranchers to begin their farming, many jumped right in to the process.
This of course caused deforestation by cattle ranching to rise quickly.
However, according to the National Wildlife Federation, many steps have been
taking to change the impact cattle ranching has on our deforestation rates.
Date: 2004
Chapter/ Page Relevance: "The
South American Realm" Chapter,
"Agriculture Land Use and
Deforestation" Section (Pg. 241)
Key terms/ Concepts: Cattle
Ranching, Large Scale Agriculture
Small Scale Agriculture, Logging,
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