Lia Adams         Assessment                9T1

Introduction:

Hello, I am Professor Adams and today we are going to develop the Amazon rain forest.

Here is a map, of the area were rainforests are around the Southern Hemisphere:

Tropical Rainforests grow in areas close to the equator. In these places the climate is hot and wet.

Here is a pie chart explaining where rainforests are around the Southern Hemisphere:

Good and Bad points exposed:

The Amerindians are not the only people with an interest in the rainforest. Since the 1930’s the Brazilian government has encouraged the development of the amazon region. The aim has been to bring wealth to the area by using the natural resources such as mining, power stations new roads and ranching. Here shown are some good and bad points about each of the natural resources:

Plantation Forests

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Hep Dam

Iron Ore Mine

Major Road Scheme

Nature Reserve tied with tourism

The option I have chosen was due to the importance of the matters and to how the environment around the area has been formatted to become part of a construction site. I have ...

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