The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

Deforestation presents in an abundance of ways, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change. The foremost reason of deforestation in Latin America is the requirement for food, fuel, shelter, and foreign exchange. Year on year, a space of tropical forest the size of Great Britain is "converted" from an area equal to the size of Europe. Ever since 1950, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), half of the world 's forests have disappeared. “Latin America has lost 37 percent of its tropical forests,” says the FAO. As more and more of Latin American forest are degraded, more and more detrimental effects are being seen. Deforestation is changing a number of resources for tribal groups, altering their way of life, temperatures are increasing at a dangerous rate because of a buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, habitats and species such as plants and wildlife are being annexed due to the destructive effects of deforestation. Deforestation is inarguably helpful to supplying money to countries that sell the products from the forest, but huge wealth being generated from the forests comes with large-scale environmental and social costs. The local residences are not benefitting and the funds are being siphoned out of the region.

Above all, the Amazon Rainforest is a key element in the survival of mankind, not only for local villagers, but around the world. According to World Wild Life’s website: “There is a clear link between the health of the Amazon and the health of the planet. The rainforests, which contain 90-140 billion metric tons of carbon, help stabilize local and global climate. Deforestation may release significant amounts of this carbon, which could have catastrophic consequences around the world.” (WWL) In addition, the rainforest is imperative to our ecosystem of water (i.e. the circulation, filtration and evaporation). Ultimately, plants within the rainforest not only affect CO2 levels, but also affect global weather conditions in terms of transpiration, or the cycling of

However, due to more people searching for plots there is greater pressure on the amount of available land. The logging industry is responsible for a relatively small level of deforestation, accounting for 3% in Brazil. Consequently, all these activity contribute together to the rapid loss of what is left of the rainforest and a large proportion of the world’s biodiversity. All of the resources that the rainforest provides could be lost in the next 40 years.

In 1978 the destruction of the rainforest began and today figures show we have already lost 750,000 square kilometres in Peru, Columbia and Guyana.

The rainforest is a very important part of our ecosystem. But it is getting destroyed by humans.

The Amazon Rainforest is a mighty jungle filled with an array of exotic species of wood, like mahogany, and rich natural resources such as gold, copper, tin, and nickel. Naturally, people want to make a profit, but the rainforest’s trees stand in the way. Logging is the main source of deforestation. Every year, millions of trees are cut down to be made into timber. Many times, these logging operations are illegal. These operations will keep exploiting the Amazon for its exotic timber, not caring that many of these species of plants are either rare, or help support rare species and ecosystems. Mining also creates deforestation, but not as severely as logging. Trees are cut down to make way for mining operations that dig for non renewable resources like copper and gold. Trees are also used as charcoal to help produce pig iron. A third cause of deforestation is agriculture. Cattle ranches and soy plantations are created where the Amazon Rainforest once stood. As people expand their farms, they must cut down the areas they now use for farming. Trees are also cut to make space for animal pens. Governments also contribute to the deforestation problem by building roads and creating infrastructure. Although these roads help with communication and navigation, they cut through the rainforest, and often help illegal loggers create new roads from their operations in the jungle to these roads that connect with civilization. All of these factors have helped cut down the Amazon Rainforest. In the past

There are many issues that the rainforest biome has. One of the biggest problems is that people cut down millions of trees each year. At the rate that lumberjacks are moving, in each hour of the day, 1,000 to 3,000 acres of the rainforest are destroyed. 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 acres are being destroyed each year. The lumberjacks cut down these trees for firewood, houses, and for other money making industries. This destruction is mainly

The battle for the Amazon rainforest is a daunting task. It's a long going battle between miners, loggers, and developers against the indigenous people who call it home. It's a battle like any battle in a war; it affects lives, families, the economy, politics, and the environment amongst other things. The main topic of this debate is the effects of the Amazon deforestation on the people who live in it, this will be the focus of this research paper. In this paper, I will discuss the history, causes, effects and solutions for the Amazon rainforest deforestation.

The Amazon Rainforest is also called the Amazon Biome which is the single largest tropical rainforest in the world; but it is still being destroyed like the other rainforest. In the Amazon forest, it is a home of many biodiversity, including native and endangered plants and animals which can be found in the understory layer. The rainforest also contains the largest number of freshwater fish species, unique trees and different fruits by the Amazon River. Amazon is also has many common and exotic birds fly named Toucan. The insect in this rainforest can be huge and harmful. For example, the trap-jaw ant can be ¾ inch long with painful stings and it live with juice, alway sting when the food is threatened. Another example is the owl butterfly,

When the majority of the population is exposed to the words, “the Amazon”, through some form of written or spoken communications, most likely their initial, instinctive response is to visualize the Amazon rainforest as it is portrayed by a staggering amount of both past and present media outlets. This portrayal tends to be one consisting of a vibrantly colored rainforest, brimming with an abundance of diverse and exotic flora and fauna, and, a thriving and well-balanced collection of ecosystems which is, frankly, not even remotely accurate to the actual Amazon rainforest. Behind its deceptive facade endorsed by television, books, and occasionally even news, the Amazon rainforest occupies many dark truths relevant to degradation of the state of the earth’s various ecosystems and environments. Over the last several decades the Amazon has undergone numerous dramatic and, in fact, damaging changes all of which have been attributed to the area’s extensive deforestation.

From the outside, Ecuador looks like a prosperous country. Its top exports include shrimp and oil, and it is the number one producer of bananas in the world. If you walked into a local market, you would be overcome with the variety of foods, colors, and smells. According to Britannica, Ecuador is also among the most diverse countries in the world, being one of nine countries to house the Amazonian Rainforest, as well as two deserts and four mountain ranges. While this country, 400 square miles smaller than the U.S. state of Nevada, seems to face little difficulty, it is the most food insecure and fifth most corrupt country in South America according to the Food Security Index and Transparency Intl. surveys in 2015. The problem lies buried six

There are several world changing events happening right now. However, many of these events are either forgotten or rarely discussed. One of these “forgotten” events is the deforestation of the rainforests. Rainforest deforestation primarily started in the 1970’s, but has since increased. Up until recently, deforestation of rainforests was seldom talked about despite how much it has affected the world. Rainforest deforestation needs more attention because it has occurred for many decades despite the environmental damage, the rainforest is important for the economy, food, and medicinal purposes, it has many adverse effects such as climate change, and there are several projects to reduce deforestation.

Amazonia is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. More than 2 million square miles of the region were covered by dense tropical forest. Unfortunetly, the inaccessability that protected part of the forest was taken away by the governments sponsoring of road building projects, colonization schemes, and industrial developments transforming the large beautiful areas of the Amazonia from forest to polluted factory sites. Just like Amazonia is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, the amazon river is the largest river in the world in terms of volume of water. 4,080 miles long, second to the Nile River, out of 365 days there are about 200 days of rainfall. The amazon river once flowed from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific, the opposite

The Amazon rainforest, which is also referred to as a “natural sink” is a major warrior in the war on global warming. While humans are burning fossil fuels and using gas, oil and coal carbon dioxide is pouring into the atmosphere. Trees naturally absorb carbon dioxide use it for photosynthesis, then release clean oxygen. (Oskin, B. 2014, March 20) Then you have the Amazon river that meanders through the rainforest teeming with life and home to some of the biggest fish in the world. It’s a main route of transportation for food and supplies to towns and villages. Twenty percent of the world’s water comes from the Amazon river. (Amazonaid. 2017, August 14)

The rain forest in Brazil government should set stricter regulations. 20% of the critical forest is gone already . Not to mention 150 acres gone per hour is ridiculous. Where once at a time the rain forest covered 14% of the earth , it covers only 6% modern day . The Brazilian government really should protect this important ecosystem and there's many reasons why they should do so.