BRAZILIAN RAINFOREST GROUPS

SETTLERS

• Settlers moved to the forest for farming and space
• Moving to rainforest to find farmland to harvest crops and sell to get out of poverty
• Some sell trees in the black market because it is illegal in many countries
• They use fire and wood cutting tools to get rid of trees and clear land to make room for new farms
• Most of the wood is wasted

LOGGERS

• Loggers cut down trees to make lumber and furniture
• Cutting down trees helps paper mills and furniture companies sell
• Logging helps the Brazilian economy by creating more jobs in the forest
• Logging is a large part of deforestation
• Loggers cut down mostly mahogany wood, which is very popular

NATIVE AMAZONIANS

• Use plants and animals for medicine and hunting
• They fight to save parts of the rainforest
• Living space being taken by loggers and farmers
• Lived in the rainforest for centuries
• 140,000 left out of 1,000,000

RUBBER TAPPERS

• Take sap from rubber trees to make rubber products
• Does not harm any of the trees
• They cut diagonal strips in the bark to not harm the trees
• Must own trees in order to take sap
• Must buy large amounts of land

CATTLE RANCHERS

ENVIRONMENTALIST