Causes of Deforestation in the TRF Flashcards
8 causes of it
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List 8 Causes of Deforestation in the TRF
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- Subsistence Farming
- Commercial Farming
- Logging
- Road Building
- Mineral Extraction
- Energy Development
- Settlement
- Population Growth
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Causes of Deforestation
What is Subsistence farming
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Farmers grow food to feed themselves and their family
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Causes of Deforestation
What is Commercial Farming?
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Sell Beef and local politician support deforestation for money
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Causes of Deforestation
What is logging?
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Cut down valuable trees like the Mahogany for furniture and paper
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Causes of Deforestation
What is Road Building
Give an Example of it!
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Build roads to get oil
e.g Trans-Amazonian Highway
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Causes of Deforestation
What is Mineral Extraction
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- TRF rich in natural resources
- Oil was discovered in 1960
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Causes of Deforestation
What is Energy Development?
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Hydroelectric power could disrupt ecosystem and climate
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Causes of Deforestation
What is Settlement?
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Clear forest to build settlement
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Causes of Deforestation
Population Growth
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- Large Machinery changes the lives of the indigenous
- Population Growth results in loss of TRF
