Amazon Case Study

Question 1

Size of Amazon

Answer 1

8M km squared

Question 2

How much land lost between 2001 and 2012

Answer 2

18M hectares

Question 3

Why is it being deforested

Answer 3

Commercial logging
Subsistence and commercial farming
Mineral extraction
Energy development
Population growth
Road being built

Question 4

Economic impacts if deforestation

Answer 4

Mining creates jobs
Logging contributes to economy
In 2018 Brazil made $600m from beef
Brazil is the second largest soy exporter
Local rubber tappers lost jobs

Question 5

Environmental impacts of deforestation

Answer 5

Release co2
Create 75% of Brazil’s co2 emission
Brazil lose 100 tonnes of top soil per hectare each year. Farmers have go find new place to farm