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Deforestation and the Amazon

Published on Apr 16, 2016

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Deforestation and the Amazon

By McNeil Smith
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Thesis

The Cost of building communities is not worth the loss of biodiversity
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Thesis

The Cost of building communities is not worth the loss of biodiversity
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Pros

  • Able to build communities
  • build roads and easier transportation
  • more abundent production of food and material
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Pros

  • Able to build communities
  • build roads and easier transportation
  • more abundent production of food and material
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Cons

  • Exposing soil to heat and rain
  • Flooding
  • Non-suitability of deforested areas for conversion
  • loss in biodiversity
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The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon 
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Odd/Interesting Intro
Even though agriculture is great for the distribution of crops and livestock products it is proven to be the main cause of deforestation in the amazon

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