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Amazon Destruction: Why is the rainforest being destroyed in Brazil?; ... Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation (12/02/2008)
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rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html
rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html
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At least 50% of rainforests are made up of animals. They are being cut down at the rate of one football field per second, so a lot of animals will be left without a home since they depend on the plants. Rainforests are about 2% of the earth, The tallest layer in the rainforest could be 150 feet high. ... Amazon Rainforests...
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library.thinkquest.org/CR0210960/rainforests.html
library.thinkquest.org/CR0210960/rainforests.html
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The Atlantic Forest in Brazil is a unique rainforest that once covered more than a million square kilometers, ... These facts demonstrate that the image of the Amazon forest being cut down or burnt to the last tree has much more to do with the imagination than with reality. This is not to deny the seriousness of...
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www.tree4life.com/ingles/deforest3.htm
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Hello JMo: I'm sorry about the delay. I didn't get the e-mail until this weekend. If the Amazon rainforest were cut down, the underlying soil would be exposed. The greatest effect would be on the local water cycle. Currently, most the of wa...
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Environmental-Science-1471/A...
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I don't know the full facts, but it might be possible that the cattle industry could be expanded in areas outside the Amazon. But it's more likely that it would happen by cutting down the rainforest - in fact, fluctuations in the rates of deforestation follow the prices of soya and beef pretty closely.
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www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/forests/how-cattle-ranching-...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/forests/how-cattle-ranching-chewing-amazon-rainforest-20090129
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-The rainforests (specifically the Amazon) are home to people such as the Yanomami, and I'm sure nobody likes it when their homelands and way of life are destroyed. ... *Home>>>Environment & Ecology>>>Please list multiple reasons why people should care that the rainforest are being cut down and destroyed.?
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www.faq4me.net/Environment_Ecology/10510.htm
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Compare the area of rainforest with annual rate of deforestation (%) and annual forest loss (km2) in different countries. What patterns do you notice? Why are the world's rainforests being cut down? Use these links to add some pictures to your work and to research further: ... Amazon Interactive...
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www.geography.ndo.co.uk/rainforest.htm
www.geography.ndo.co.uk/rainforest.htm
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Most people believe that vast tracts of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down by greedy cattle producers and land speculators, ... The idea that agriculture, and especially cattle production, is unsustainable in the Amazon has been widely accepted as truth. In fact, agriculture can be sustained and is being sustained.
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www.iaae.ca/Art_Faminow01.htm
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The Home Depot is a big chain of stores that sells old growth rainforest wood like ancient red cedar, redwood and mahogany. The rainforest trees being cut down for mahogany doors sold at; The Home Depot can be hundreds of years old and as many as 1200 species of plants and animals live on a single tree!
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www.angelfire.com/biz3/Rainforest/
www.angelfire.com/biz3/Rainforest/
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