Isues Of Deforestation - Amazon CS - WATER CYCLE

Question 1

What are key stats for Amazon case study?

Answer 1

• over 20% of forest destroyed at an accelerating rate over the past 50 years
• due to cattle ranching, large scale commercial agriculture for biofuels and soya beans (idk what i wrote need to check this )
• dried climate can lead to desication (drying up/ removal of moisture and further rainforest degradation
• the Amazonian destruction can have significant impact on water cycle as more water runs off into Amazonian drainage system ad lead to reduction of aquifer as well as less water infiltrates and possibilities of severe flooding and mudslides
• overland flow also increase the amount of soil erosion and degradation as nutrients washed away