According to the “National Space
Research Institute,” in 1995 burning and logging destroyed more rain forests in
Brazil than in any other previous years. Although most of these fires are set
to abolish the forests, some are simply caused by farmers attempting to burn
their pastures. One of the main issues deforestation by burning brings is the increase
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. These trees that are being burned down
each contain twenty percent carbon dioxide, which when burnt down, adds about
six billion tons of the damaging gas to enter the atmosphere each year. This
leads up to concerns, such as Global Warming, that in turn later leads to climate
change.
Location: Amazon Rain forest
Date: 2000-2005
Chapter/ Page Relevance: "The
South American Realm" Chapter,
"Agriculture Land Use and
Deforestation" Section (Pg. 241)
Key terms/ Concepts: Climate (Pg.
15), Climate Change
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