-Brazil is a large producer in beef exports

-raising cattle has expanded & areas in the Amazon Rainforest are being cleared out to implement cattle ranches

Cattle Ranching

CAUSES

Greenhouse Gases

Animal Habitats

-when trees are cut down or burned, they release greenhouse gasses

-greenhouse gases being put into the atmosphere causes global warming

-loss of rainforest decreases conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygen

Logging

Water Cycle

-many animal species homes are being cleared out

-having to find & adapt to new areas is dangerous

-animals are more prone to possibility of going extinct

-the Amazon produces half of its own rain, but rain is decreasing with the trees

-forests are more prone to wildfires

-causing droughts & killing trees

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Soybean Farming

-cutting down trees for timber trade

-creating paths for more accessible areas to deforest

-growing soybean & other farm goods for trade

-soybean plants exchanging carbon dioxide for oxygen only makes up a small amount compared to the trees that previously provided the function

Road Expansion

-when roads are made, it gives access to loggers, farmers, & ranchers to search for new areas to deforest for their needs

EFFECTS