Economic And Social Of Deforetation

Question 1

Country using natural sources

Answer 1

Agriculture

Question 2

Social causes

Answer 2

Population pressure

Timber used for fuel, building materials, make way for roads and houses

Question 3

Agriculture causes

Answer 3

Rich soil = lush vegetation
Fell the forest / slash and burn
Few good crops

To keep good crops after a few years they add fertiliser

Fertilisers wash into river called EUTROPHICATION

Land is abandoned
Monoculture = growing cash crops (tea and rice) on flood plains

Question 4

Resource extraction

Answer 4

Extracting minerals from ground
Brazil government sold mineral rights to raise money for there country
Endogenous people have lost homes, dangerous chemicals are realised into the environment when mining

Question 5

Social causes

Answer 5

Over population main cause deforestation

City growth duet promises of work in areas of new energy, minerals extraction agriculture

Tress also used for fuel for cooking