Amazon Rainforest

Question 1

Amazon Rainforest:
What is some background information?

Answer 1

-Largest Rainforest in world.

Question 2

Amazon Rainforest:
What is the reason for loss of biodiversity/deforestation?

Answer 2

-commercial farming.
-small scale subsistence farming.
-logging.
-mineral extraction.

Question 3

Amazon Rainforest:
What are the economic impacts?

Answer 3

-provides wealth for Brazil.
-$6.9 million made by cattle grazing.
-Mining industry providing employment.

Question 4

Amazon Rainforest:
What are the social impacts?

Answer 4

-jobs improve standard of living.-
-Population growth puts pressure on rainforest due to overcrowded cities.

Question 5

Amazon Rainforest:
What are the environmental impacts?

Answer 5

-Carbon stores (100 billion tonnes)
-soil erosion due to soy farming (55 million tonnes of topsoil a year)

Question 6

Amazon Rainforest:
What are the responses to deforestation?

Answer 6

-Selective logging.
-Ecotourism.
-Education.
-Replanting.