Unit 4 Ecology
Brazil Environmental Issues
Deforestation
Because Brazil is home to the world-renowned Amazon Rainforest and the basin it occupies, deforestation has become a major cause for concern in this area. Every minute, vast proportions of these forests, dubbed the “Lungs of the World” for the Oxygen that they produce, are being torn down for timber, development and agriculture. When a tree is cut down, it releases
Ore extraction in the middle of the Amazon.the Carbon Dioxide (which it has been storing) as a greenhouse gas, which increases the risk of climate change.