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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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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
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Rainforests: Important Information about them and their destruction.. and how to prevent it from disappearing... ... This report is about many aspects of the rainforest: what rainforests are, a brief summary of the importances of the rainforests, a description of the destruction of the rainforest, and an informative...
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www.davesite.com/rainforests/
www.davesite.com/rainforests/
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Commercial logging is the single largest cause of rainforest destruction, both directly and indirectly. Other activities destroying the rainforest, including clearing land for grazing animals and subsistence farming.
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www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
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Rainforest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750–2000 mm (68-78 inches). The monsoon trough, alternately known as the inter...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest
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Why is rainforest destruction so severe? Rainforest trees typically have very large canopies, and the loss of only a few trees can lay an entire acre bare. Once these areas are cleared, most animals move on, starting a collapse of the ecosystem.
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