What are the main economic activities in amazon basin?
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Ever since the Europeans came to the Amazon basin its natural resources have been exploded. The first European settlers grew crops and traded them. The first economic exploitation of the region came in the 1890’s with the increased worldwide demand for rubber. The rubber boom made people come to the Amazon region and many made a fortune but suddenly in 1920 it all ended, the seeds have been taken to the Far East where the rubber was easier and cheaper to collect and to transport.
Trade and industry in the Amazon has been based on extracting natural resources and transform it somewhere else. One of the largest contributors to the region’s economy is the export of timber
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Trade and industry in the Amazon has been based on extracting natural resources and transform it somewhere else. One of the largest contributors to the region’s economy is the export of timber
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Agriculture represents an important part of the economy of the region, products including bananas, soy beans, cacao, coffee and maize are produced in land that has been cleared and most of it is produced for exportation.
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