... to the rainforest of Latin America, but the most destructive group of people in the rain forest is the cattle ranchers. They are removing the rainforest to make grazing land for beef cattle, because the selling and exportation of these cattle can bring in great gains. These cattle farmers account for the destruction of at least 20,000 square kilometer per year.(Myers) These numbers are a great deal larger ... than that of the commercial logger. The cattle rancher takes somewhat different approach when they are destroying forest to become pastureland. They go into an area and set fire to...

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... it is nearly useless for growing anything. Generally, the farmers can only use the land for a year or two before the nutrients are depleted, leaving a huge, barren tract of land. 2) Intensive or modern agriculture usage that occurs on a much larger scale - growing of cash crops, cattle ranching does a bigger damage as forests are stripped several square miles at a time that. Large areas of rainforests ... became cattle pastures for ranchers to grow beef for the world market. In South America countries, cattle ranching for beef export to northern countries are ... 's resources have resul...

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... Forest supports many communities of indigenous people whose livelihood depends on the sustainability of the forest. A vast expanse of green that stretches over 2 million square miles, the Amazon River Basin supplies 20 percent of the Earth's freshwater. Covering an area nearly the size of Europe, it is the world's largest river basin. The Amazon is also home to countless species of wildlife many of these can ... harmlessly extracting sap from rubber trees, which is then used in such products as car tires and pencil erasers. Rubber tapping is one of the many ways in which the resources of...

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... two decades, received and great deal of publicity and study. Acid Rain, Global Warming and Pollution have been studied extensively as scientists link types of human activity to the destruction of the planet that support our activities. One particular issue that requires consideration is deforestation and how it effects the natural bio-diversity and balance that has put the planet Earth under stress. Deforestation ... logging activities. As consumption of wood, paper and other forest products increases so does the rate of deforestation. Eleven million acres a year are cut for commercial p...

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... . Recreation activities are mainly outdoors, taking advantage of the tropical climate. Traditionally the majority of Brazilians settled near the coast, but in the last thirty years the rapid movement from rural areas to urban centers has led to a very uneven distribution of the population. In parts of the interior there is an average of just two people per square mile. People have moved from rural areas to ... the towns to seek work and better medical and educational facilities for their families. But the reality of this has been very different. Tens of thousands of people ... of 2003. B...

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