Causes
What is one type of animal that is in high demand and is used as an excuse to destroy the forest further?
Cattle/Cows
What's an effect of the fires?
Damage to the habitats
What is the type of group called that is a program to help the rainforest?
Rainforest reservation organizations
What is a rainforest?
A dense forest found in tropical areas with a high level of blodiversity.
Source: Destruction of Brazil's Rainforest
What is a cause of large areas of the forest getting flooded?
Hydroelectric dams
What is an effect of the mines?
They destroy ecosystem
What is one way the government is trying to protect the rainforest?
By making mining in the rainforest illegal
What is rainforest blodiversity?
The rainforest is home to a large variety of plant and animal species
What type of job(s) that destroy the rainforest?
Lumberjack/Miner
What is an effect of habitats being destroyed?
Many animal species have become endangered
How has the government decided to help with the fires?
By setting up forest-fire prevention programs
What % (approximately) of foods have been discovered within the rainforest?
Over 80%
Source:Week 21 Weekly Planner Video of The Week
How did they use it for profit?
Farms and a highway system
What is an effect of the rainforest getting deforestated?
Many lumber mills have been built; Increasing the speed of the deforestation
What is one solution for stopping the land from being taken?
Large reserved areas of the forest
How many forest-fires were there?
Over 72,000
How do farmers burn down the rainforest?
Slash and burn
What is an effect of the rainforest being destroyed that effects people worldwide?
1/3 Of our oxygen being removed
How could they have avoided the rainforest being destroyed?
They could have not used it for profit
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