What effects does deforestation have on the Amazon?
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Causes
So what exactly are these activities? There are several different factors at play, and the variety, as well as the huge land area of the Amazon, makes it even harder for police and the IBAMA to prosecute the people behind these actions.
Logging
Logging is one major contributor. Amazon hardwoods, like mahogany, are very valuable and sell for high prices in the timber market. Loggers clear cut hundreds of acres at a time when harvesting trees. Even if these trees were replanted (which they are not), the destruction is so vast that the forest would take decades to recover.
Selective logging is also an issue, and one that is much harder to see. This is when loggers go in and selectively cut down only the valuable and endangered hardwoods, rather than clear cutting huge areas. It is just as harmful to the rainforest ecosystem as clear cutting, but much harder to account for when looking at forest loss.
Farms
Soy farmers and cattle ranchers are also responsible for clearing large tracts of land. In particular, soy is a hugely profitable market, and there are several major companies importing soy from the Amazon. These companies do not always follow the regulations set in place to protect the rainforest. One example is Cargill, a food corporation based in Minnesota. According to a National Geographic article titled 'Last of the Amazon,' 'federal prosecutors are suing the company over its alleged failure to provide an adequate environmental impact study of the port.' The port is the company's base of export from the area.
Grileiros
There are also people who follow logging roads deep into the Amazon in order to grab land for themselves. They completely clear a tract of land in order to make it appear as though they own it. These people are called grileiros, which comes from the Portuguese word grilo, meaning 'cricket.' This is because they have been known to fake land titles and age them in a drawer full of hungry crickets so they appear more authentic.
Effects
All of these activities contribute to the major deforestation we are seeing now, and this destruction is hugely detrimental to the environment.
Drought
One effect of the clearing is drought. The rainforest produces half of its own rainfall as the trees release moisture into the atmosphere. As trees disappear so does the rain
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