What's the cause of the deforestation in the Amazon?

Question

Hi, well I have this homework and I decided to investigate about the amazon and the deforestation there, and i just read like 8 pages of a report, but I kinda still don't get it (sorry I'm just very tired, I got home 11 pm from night school). I read that Brazil is a great exporter of beef and soy beans and for that I could understand, people is getting rid of the tress so they can plant and farm, so they can export it and in this way obtain profit, but well they are ruining the rain forest and also leaving so many indian people homeless or they even get killed...So are those really the reasons why people is killing the rain forest? If not, why are they cutting down the forest so fast?, I mean I read the deforestation there is happening pretty fast.... Am I right then? any help please? Thank You.

Answer 1

Protect the forests, watch deforesting our jungles..., awakening the local people.....

Answer 2

check the second article down

http://byderule.multiply.com/journal/ite...

Answer 3

Hi, the reason why they are cutting down tree's in the Amazon is becuase thats how Brazil is making money for there economy. It is there way of telling us they need our support.

Answer 4

Blame the government. Within my memory, Brazil was offering free land to anybody who would clear and farm it. They gor few takers. The government then created a new capital, Brasilia, in the middle of the rainforest and the infrastructure had to follow. It used to be cheaper to import lumber to Brazil than to cut the trees in the forest. No more. Slash and burn agriculture was limited to relatively small patches, where damage to the overall ecosystem was limited. No more.

Answer 5

that's pretty much it - clear felling to make agricultural land to grow beefburgers for McDs etc.

they used to export the timber but that is done in the far eastern rainforests instead now.