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Such so-called progress leads to destruction and despair![World Rainforest Movement]; 2 Colonialism ; Tropical rainforests are found mainly in the Third World countries, Australia and Hawaii being the only exceptions. ... Rainforest Destruction Continued - Underlying Causes ... Causes of Rainforest Destruction...
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www.savetherainforest.org/savetherainforest_015.htm
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The immediate causes of rainforest destruction are clear. The main causes of total clearance are agriculture and in drier areas, fuelwood collection. The main cause of forest degradation is logging. Mining, industrial development and large dams also have a serious impact.
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www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/causes.htm
www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/causes.htm
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What can de done to save the Amazon rainforest in Brazil? ... Causes of deforestation in the Amazon; ... Such favorable taxation policies, combined with government subsidized agriculture and colonization programs, encourage the destruction of the Amazon.
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According to the World Rainforest Movement, 25% of medicines come from the forests (28). This is a number that does not do justice to all the cures that have yet to be discovered ... World Rainforest Movement. Rainforest Destruction Causes, Effects, and False Solutions. Penang, Malaysia: World Rainforest Movement, 1990.
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www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/deforestation.htm
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A major threat to the rainforest is the logging companies that come in and clear land to harvest big trees. There are only about two upper canopy trees (higher trees) per ... The worst destruction is in Brazil, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia. There is also widespread destruction in other parts of South America and Mexico.
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www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fourth/rainfor...
www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fourth/rainforests/environment.html
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Many sources pinpoint commercial logging as the primary culprit in tropical rainforest destruction. Logging damages the rainforest directly through the removal of commercially valuable timber species such as mahogany, rosewood, meranti, ... Other important causes are demand for fuel wood (cooking and charcoal production),
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www.accessexcellence.org/LC/TL/sly/destr.php
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Rainforest Destruction: Causes, Effects & False Solutions ; The World Rainforest Movement; ISBN: 967-99987-2-X ; 90 pages, 15x21.5cm ; Third World: US$4.00; Others: US$5.00 ... Rainforest destruction is now recognised as one of the greatest environmental tragedies of all time. But why are the forests disappearing so rapidly?
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www.twnside.org.sg/title/rain-cn.htm
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Causes and Effects Worksheet: The Rainforest ... Rainforest destruction is now recognized as one of the greatest environmental tragedies of all time. By why are the rainforests disappearing so quickly ?
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www.writefix.com/writing/cause/rainforest.htm
www.writefix.com/writing/cause/rainforest.htm
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Tropical rainforests are being cut at an alarming rate. Although estimates vary, some scientists believe that we are losing an area of rainforest the size of Pennsylvania each year. ... The conversion of rainforest to pasture land for cattle ranching has led to the destruction of millions of acres of forest.
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