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=Deforestation in Brazil =

Primary Sources: [|The Amazonian Rainforest under Siege from Illegal Loggers] This article shows and tells about the group, Greenpeace, that are trying their best to stop illegal logging. They are serious with what they believe and are pretty well known for some of the other things they protest about. Gunmen have been hired before to kill off the activists before so it is a dangerous job traveling around the Amazon and protesting. They believe so much that this illegal logging is making the Amazon lose so much land, and they don't believe in how the people who are forced to cut down the trees are basically slaves. It is good to know that their are groups out their willing to fight and save the Amazon, but there are also the groups out there that are ready to destroy the Amazon for some cash.

[|Storm Over the Amazon] In this document the author retells the experience he had when he was in the rain forest. He describes it in so many different ways, but it mostly showed that it was not like it was before and that it wasn't in its best shape. It was lacking in what a rain forest needed, and just seemed empty and dead. He was unsure of what to expect. Throughout the document it is apparent that deforestation has changed the rain forest into something less magical than what was originally there. Not only does it hurt the animals that are living in the rain forest, it is wasting land and hurting the environment. Some of the trees release gasses that harm the air which lead to other environmental issues. From the document you really get to see a different view of how the rain forest was really important and how it is being taken advantage of now.

Artifacts: [|Modern Day Plague] Deforestation is no longer a small issue, it has become a massive. There are many rain forests out there, but there are many being lost. In a hundred years the worlds rain forests would be completely lost. There are many reasons to cutting down the rain forest but most of them are related to money. Deforestation has a lot of negative effects on the environment which is why it is not good to cut down so many of them. Millions of different species are losing their homes to this and it is also sparking some climate change. All these negative things happening can be fixed and that starts with lowering deforestation rates.

[|Highest Average Annual Deforestation] In this table you can see how much Brazil is cutting down their rain forest compared to other countries. Nigeria is the lowest on the table yet it has still lost over half their trees. This also puts into perspective the amount of rain forest we are losing not just in one area, but all together. With these statistics you can see why people start to protest and you can see how much it can hurt the environment.

[|Deforestation Agreement] The U.S. and Brazil have signed an agreement saying they are going to work together to reduce deforestation in order to slow down climate change. By doing this they are providing fact that something good is going to happen in the future and hopefully slow down something else that has been an issue. This gives hope for what is to come and is the first step in solving an issue so wildly spread.