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Causes and impacts of Deforestation in Tropical rainforests
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Some of the causes and environmental, social, economic impacts of deforestation in Amazon rainforest.
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Causes and impacts of Deforestation in Tropical rainforests
Road building
Economic
Helps country to develop economically.
Social
Improve communications within the country.
Environmental
Leads to further deforestation.
can cause soil erosion and flooding.
population pressure
Social
Urban dwellers have more space, Amerindians lose space to live
Urban dwellers- People who once lived in a city move away to live in a forest.
Environmental
Trees are cleared to make land for new settlements
Economic
Urban dwellers can earn some money buy cutting trees down and selling them to the market.
Commercial logging
Economic
Trees are felled to make money
Create jobs.
Social
The quality of life for some local people improves as there are more jobs
Environmental
Without tress there's no leaf fall so there is no nutrient supply to the soil, which makes it less fertile
Slash and burn (Farming)
Social
Maintain Amerindian lifestyle and culture
Economic
This is subsistence farming- growing crops to live off rather than to trade.
Environmental
Only small area is cleared
The forest is allowed to regenrate and recover.
Debt repayment
Environmental
The rainforest absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,but clearing the tress and burning them just adds to the problem.
Social
Amerindians have watched their land and way of life disappear.
Economic
Brazilian government paying debts by destroying rainforest.
The loss of so much forest has helped to contribute to global warming
Mineral extraction
Environmental
Massive amount of rainforest cleared. CO2 released into the atmosphere which causes global warming.
Social
Provides jobs for local people.
Destroys the traditional Amerindian way of life
Economic
Minerals are mined and sold to make money.
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