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2 primary sources: (except from sppech) [|Brazil's New President Vows To Defend Environmen]t The new Brazilian President in her inauguration speech addressed environmental issues. She continued to say that Brazil could continue to be a fast growing country economically and still be "green". This primary source gave specific insight from a government official and their opinion on the issue.

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media type="youtube" key="hxRX88K0iUk?fs=1" height="385" width="480" Within this news footage and speech from a government official it explains that Brazil is no longer celebrating a decrease in deforestation. The people of Brazil are calling on the government officials to help get deforestation and land clearing under control.

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This picture shows how land clearing and deforestation directly affect the citizens lives. People living in the areas that are being cleared use the resources from that land. Their homes are built there and it is unfair that their way of life and their homes are being destroyed because of global business's using the land.

[|Human Impact On Amazon Basin] The topic of deforestation was clarified within this artifact. Also causes of deforestation were addressed, and a little information about the history of deforestation in the Amazon was given. It explains that the forest lands are used for poor farmers that grow only enough to feed their family. Deforestation is causing these farmers to not be able to feed their families. Most farmers use a method called the slash and burn method which decreases the fertility of the soil and usually spreads to forest lands.

[|Big Business Leaves Big Forest Footprints] Global business's are a main cause of deforestation in the Amazon. Business's are responsible for clearing land in rainforests but they aren't doing much to help improve the issue. Rainforests are worth more when they are cut down than they are standing because of the materials they produce such as soy and palm oil. Forest community's need the rainforest for energy, food, and resources, however people don't realize that every day people are clearing more and more land.