OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon, incentivized by the international beef and leather trades, has been responsible for about 80% of all deforestation in the region, or about 14% of the world’s total annual deforestation, making it the world’s largest single driver of deforestation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gold mining has been on the rise in recent years and in one area of the Amazon, along the Guiana Shield, gold mining accounts for around 90 percent of deforestation. The process of mining gold has further ecological impacts as it involves the use of mercury, which can contaminate local water supplies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cattle ranching is the biggest single cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, accounting for about 80% of the Amazon’s deforestation as forests are cleared for farmers to raise herds of cattle, primarily for exporting beef.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many types of wood used for furniture, flooring, and construction are harvested from tropical forests in Africa, Asia, and South America.