Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

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Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………  Page 1

How and why is the rainforest being cleared ?…………………  Page 2

What groups benefit from deforestation in the Amazon rainforest ?  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………  Page 3

What are the negative consequences of deforestation ?. Page 5

Government Actions ………………………………………………………………….   Page 7

Evaluation of the sources used! …………………………………………….   Page8

Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………...   Page 11

Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………………...   Page 13

Introduction

        In this assignment I will be investigating Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.  I have been given a hypothesis, which I have to agree or disagree with the statement by using the sources and from my own research. The hypothesis I have been given is ‘Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is a major global environmental issue that only the Brazilian government can solve’. The whole issue is about deforestation, Deforestation is the felling and clearance of the forest land. It began in the Mediterranean lands many centuries ago. Today is mainly taking place in the less economically developed countries that have the tropical rainforests as their natural vegetation. The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is one of the largest rainforest in the world, it contains 50% of the world’s animal population and it produces one third of the world’s oxygen. Pharmatical Company’s across the world use plants from the forest to produce life saving medicines for the people of the world.

How and why is the rainforest being cleared ?

      There are many reasons to why the rainforest is being cleared. One of them is that the Brazilian government has allowed deforestation to take place in the Amazon rainforest is because they are in debt. They have let the Multinational companies deforest the rainforest so that they can raise money to pay off their debt owed to the banks in the MEDC countries. These developments are taking place now in the Amazon rainforest e.g.  Commercial logging, cattle ranches, raw materials, mining and e.t.c. when these development takes place large areas of the rainforest has to be cleared out. From my research I found out that only 5% of the forest trees are actually wanted by the loggers but to get those trees they have to damage or destroy 65% of the remaining ones.

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What groups benefit from deforestation in the Amazon rainforest ?

      They are many people and groups that benefit from deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Mostly the MNC’s, they have cleared large areas for cattle ranching. They have burnt down trees and replaced it with grass. Then the beef which is produced from the cattle ranches is gone to Europe and US to be made into burgers. The MNC’s are also involved in logging, which has been permitted only in 13 designated areas. Source E supports my point, it says ...

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