The Rainforest of Brazil

"The cure for cancer could possibly be in the forests of the amazon, but we would never know because we cut it down."

- Brazil contains 1/3 of the worlds Rainforest
- Most deforestation in Brazil is done for agricultural reasons
- Converting fertile soil to pasteurized fields
- Deforestation is a major concern because it depletes the amazon of different plants and animals.
Between 2005 and 2010, Brazil nearly met its goal—a full decade ahead of schedule. Data from 2009–2010 showed that Brazil’s area of deforestation, which averaged 19,508 square kilometers (km2) per year during the baseline decade of 1996–2005, had dropped 67 percent, to just 6,451 km2

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