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Jamie Scorer

YouTube - YouTube - Brazilian Government Policy to Save Amazon Deforestation.flv - 0 views

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  • Jamie Scorer on 30 May 11
     
    Talks about the Amazon deforestation
Jamie Scorer

WWF - Brazilian Government Reveals Alarming Rate of Deforestation in Amazon - - 0 views

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    The Brazilian government reveals the amount of deforestation in the Amazon
Dong Hun Shin

Deforestation due to Soybean Production - 1 views

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  • Ishaan Chaudhari on 27 May 11
     
    Shows the effects of deforestation on the amazom.
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  • Jamie Scorer on 29 May 11
     
    Shows why and what is causing the Amazon deforestation
  • Elli Curotta on 30 May 11
     
    The reason the amazon rainforest is dissapearing
  • Dong Hun Shin on 30 May 11
     
    Lots of trees in the rainforest are being cut down for soybean production.
Jamie Scorer

BBC NEWS | Americas | Deforestation of Amazon 'halved' - 0 views

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  • Jamie Scorer on 29 May 11
     
    Shows what happened to the Amazon
Emmy D

WWF - Brazil forest law again under fire - 0 views

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  • Brazil forest law again under fire
  • Brazil’s most important environmental legislation
  • chopping block again
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  • economic growth
  • enacted in 1934
  • Brazil’s Forest Law (also known as the Forest Code)
  • how much a landowner can deforest
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      Emmy D on 26 May 11
       
      Brazil forest law again under fireBrazil's most important environmental legislationchopping block againeconomic growthBrazil's Forest Law (also known as the Forest Code)enacted in 1934determihow much a landowner can deforest
  • determi
Emmy D

WWF - Problems in the Amazon - 0 views

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  • Problems in the Amazon
  • Forests burn, soils dwindle and people suffer
  • ressures afflicting the region grow in intensit
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  • decreasing life quality for people.
  • The price of development at all costs
  • pushing for constant development,
  • blind clearance of forests for cattle ranching, oil drilling or soybean production.
  • Trade, the fuel of deforestation
  • part to the insatiable international demand for raw goods
  • Development activities in the Amazon
  • Brazil’s beef exports
  • linked to financial markets
  • Brazilian currency.
  • When the real devaluated, t
  • he price of beef in real approximately doubled, creating a huge incentive for ranchers to expand their pasture area.
  • the price of Brazilian beef in dollars fell,
  • Brazil’s exports more competitive on international markets
Daniel Johnson

Deforestation in the Amazon - 0 views

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  • Daniel Johnson on 26 May 11
     
    Other causes of forest loss in Brazil Historically, hydroelectric projects have flooded vast areas of Amazon rainforest. The Balbina dam flooded some 2,400 square kilometers (920 square miles) of rainforest when it was completed. Phillip Fearnside, a leading expert on the Amazon, calculated that in the first three years of its existence, the Balbina Reservoir emitted 23,750,000 tons of carbon dioxide and 140,000 tons of methane, both potent greenhouse gases which contribute to global climate change. Mining has impacted some parts of the Amazon Basin. During the 1980s, over 100,000 prospectors invaded the state of Para when a large gold deposit was discovered, while wildcat miners are still active in the state of Roraima near the Venezuelan border. Typically, miners clear forest for building material, fuelwood collection, and subsistence agriculture.
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