Erosion 1970
infertile
The Lungs of the Planet
1990s
medicines
"slash and burn,
industry
pesticides
oxygen
Approximately half of the Amazon Rainforest is found in
Brazil
but the process is vital to all of South America, and maybe even
the world. It is the largest rainforest in the world, covering over 1.5 million acres. Deforesting of the Amazon Rainforest is nothing new, but it is
happening on a much larger scale now than ever before. Beginning in the 1960s, developers in the region began employing a strategy known as
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crops.
Since drag and drop answer here over 20% of the Amazon Rainforest has been lost to deforestation. The rate of loss was greatest in the
drag and drop answer here, but has slowed somewhat in recent years. Scientists and environmentalists worry that increased and continued
deforestation can be dangerous for a number of reasons. About 25% of all drag and drop answer here use ingredients that are found in or originated
in the Amazon Rainforest, so increased loss could mean an end to those ingredients. It is also estimated that the Amazon Rainforest is responsible for
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by farmers to kill bugs on their crops can run off into the Amazon River itself, killing many other plants and animals. And lastly, there is the
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