Deforestation

Causes of deforestation

Commercial farming, logging, mining, energy development, wildlife trade and road building.

Logging

High demand for wood

Amazon produces 30 cubic metres of logs per year

Farming

Cattle rearing accounts for 80% of TRF deforestation

Soybean production increased by tenfold 90s-2019

Mining

50,000 hectares used for gold mining

Energy Development

Hydroelectric power used

Itaipu Dam produces 20% of Brazils power and 50% of Paruguay

Dams flood easily and rots forests

Illegal wildlife trade

Exotic and rare species over large areas of land- easier to kill

Impacts

Global warming, loss of biodiversity, decline of native tribes, soil erosion, river pollution and conflict

Native tribes

Pushed out of forests

only 240 left of 330 found in 1900

Loss of biodiversity

Estimated 137 plant animal and insect species being lost each day

Parts of Amazon could lose between 30-40% of their main species by 2030

Debt reductions

Swapping money owed with projects to improve sustainability

£13.5mil debt turned fund to protect part rainforest

Conservation

Educational programmes, buying endangered parts for nature reserves, training for people to become conservation workers

Selective Logging

Only fully grown trees are cut so ground remains protected

Replant areas to return to original forest

Drones and satellites to prevent illegal logging

Ecotourism

Provides income for locals and educated tourists

Other means of makes money other than logging or cattle