Potential environmental issues of this biome

Threats

Logging interests cut down rain forest trees for timber used in flooring, furniture, and other items.
Power plants and other industries cut and burn trees to generate electricity.
The paper industry turns huge tracts of rain forest trees into pulp.
The cattle industry uses slash-and-burn techniques to clear ranch land.
Agricultural interests, particularly the soy industry, clear forests for cropland.
Subsistence farmers slash-and-burn rain forest for firewood and to make room for crops and grazing lands.
Mining operations clear forest to build roads and dig mines.
Governments and industry clear-cut forests to make way for service and transit roads.
Hydroelectric projects flood acres of rain forest.