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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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They are forced to move on, to shift again, going further into the rainforest and destroying more and more of it. It is evident that the shifted cultivators "have become the agents for destruction but not the cause" (Westoby 1987: Colchester).
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www.savetherainforest.org/savetherainforest_006.htm
www.savetherainforest.org/savetherainforest_006.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 acre, and cutting down these trees almost destroys the upper canopy which is home to ... Destroying the forests may change the world's weather patterns.
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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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A three-year investigation by Greenpeace into Brazil’s cattle industry shows that the expansion of the cattle sector is driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and threatens to undermine Brazil’s pledge to cut deforestation by 72 percent by 2018. The environmental group also says the cattle industry is...
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www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/23/greenpeace-says-...
www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/23/greenpeace-says-big-brands-destroying-rainforest/
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Loggers, ranchers, and even we are destroying the rainforest. Loggers chop down the rainforest to sell the timber for money and we contribute to deforestation by buying a new dresser, or a desk. The thing is that you can stop that, just don...
http://quazen.com/kids-and-teens/school-time/deforestat...
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Rainforests are cleared for many reasons. The reasons of destruction all depend on the location of the rainforests. ... In Brazil, for example, rainforests are cleared for grazing land for cattle. Brazil is the leading exporter of beef to the United States to provide companies with ... Another reason is OVERPOPULATION.
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www.angelfire.com/la/deforestation/purposes.html
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When the trees are cut down it takes away the habitat of the plants and animals. It also reduces the space for the indigenous people who have lived there for thousands of years. These people used the available resources by hunting, fishing, gathering and farming. ... Clearing the tropical rainforest...
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www.scalloway.org.uk/phye2.htm
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About the rainforest ... Who is destroying the rainforest ... Large companies are logging the rainforest for timber, because timber from a tropical rainforest are worth a large amount, some of the most valuable timber found in the rainforest are, mahogany, pine, spruce, fir, and hemlock are just a few of the types of trees that...
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sd71.bc.ca/sd71/school/courtmid/2004_student_web/7_2/2_...
sd71.bc.ca/sd71/school/courtmid/2004_student_web/7_2/2_m_brittney/whos_destroying_the_rainforest.htm
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