Today there are many causes of
deforestation in the Amazon Rain forest. The main cause of deforestation is
Cattle Ranches, then subsistence agriculture, commercial agriculture, logging
both illegal and legal, and Fires, mining, urbanization, and road
constructions. All of these different causes of deforestation each bring a different
issue to our environment and our amazon rain forests. Although they are all affecting
the Latin American environment, and the population, they are all doing it in a
different way. This, in the long run, is having a serious effect on the issues
listed above, and also things such as the climate, our water sources and the species
now living in these rain forest.
Date: May, 2012
Chapter/ Page Relevance:
"The South American Realm" Chapter,
"Agriculture Land Use and
Deforestation" Section (Pg. 242)
Key terms/ Concepts: Urbanization,
environment, population
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