Deforestation In The Amazon

The Amazon is a huge region that is across the eight developing countries, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia,Ecuador, Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname and French Guiana, which have been destroyed since 1978. The Amazon have millions of species and thousands of birds and butterflies. Deforestation in the Amazon was mainly because of farmers, who cut down trees to produce crops for their families and local consumption. But in the 20th century, that began to change by industrial activities, agriculture and cattle ranching. The Amazon have over half of the earth’s remaining rainforest, which is a home to many living plants and animals, Over the past 40 years, around 20% of the Amazon has been cut down, which plays an important role in the global carbon
life cycle that shapes the world’s climate. The majority of population living in the Amazon is around 20 million, which is the main source of income for many Brazilian people. Deforestation in the Amazon began in the 1960s and 1970s, when the Brazilian government encouraged landless families to stay in the rainforest. Soon, deforestation became an important source of income through the harvesting of soy, beef, iron ore and ethanol alcohol. The development of these harvesting affected the infrastructure of the rainforest. Then the government tried to build a trans amazonian highway through dividing the forest, which made space for the poor farmers. Currently, there are plans going on to progress the Amazon forest from organizations such as Greenpeace have plans for the Amazon forest. They hope to end deforestation in the Amazon by 2020.