The Amazon (Rural Land Degradation)

Question 1

What are the main human causes of rural land degradation?

Answer 1

Hydroelectric power
Mining
Timber
Inappropriate farming techniques

Question 2

Explain Hydroelectric power in terms of rural land degradation.

Answer 2

1. Vast areas of the rainforest have been flooded to create hydroelectric power. The balbina dam flooded around 2400 square kilometres of rainforest.