ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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The Brazilian government has not passed national laws to make deforestation illegal
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Many people make their money off selling the lumber from the Amazon Rainforest
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The cleared land is needed to grow more food
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More land is needed for people to live on since Brazil’s population keeps growing
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Detailed explanation-1: -Deforestation-the act of clearing forest for animal agriculture, logging, mining, infrastructure or urban development-has caused the Amazon rainforest to now emit more carbon dioxide than it absorbs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why is it difficult to regulate the deforestation of forests? In the first place, because the forests are located in the territories of some countries, which refuse to stop marketing them, because the sale of logs and wood boards is a big business and therefore, they are not willing to abandon it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cattle ranching and infrastructure Seventy per cent of formerly forested land in the Amazon, and 91% of land deforested since 1970, is used for livestock pasture. The Brazilian government initially attributed 38% of all forest loss between 1966 and 1975 to large-scale cattle ranching.