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In 5 pages, the author discusses deforestation of the Amazon rain forest. The deforestation of the rain forest of the Amazon region of Brazil has been the topic of much discussion. It is the destruction of an important part of the environment. The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, however, has also meant jobs and profit for the people of the area. This is quite a conundrum, which has no easy answers. Included is a free one-page Roman Numeral outline. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of an important part of the environment. The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, however, has also meant jobs and profit for the people of the area. This is
quite a conundrum, which has no easy answers. According to Pfaff (1999), an examination was made of why the rainforests of Brazil are
being cut down. Satellite and socioeconomic data were used. This was done in order to determine whether public policies affect the rate of deforestation of the rainforests.
Pfaff (1999) said, "The findings reveal the significance of several factors, including land characteristics such as vegetation density and soil quality, and transport cost factors such as distance to primary
markets and county roads" (Pfaff, 1999, 26). According to Turcq, et al (1998), in the history of the rainforests of the Amazon, fires
have been a recurring event. The present-day deforestation of the rainforest has been the result of human activity. There have, however, been events of fire in the previous
7000 years (139). The reason for the previous fires has been short dry climatic episodes. It has been both the episodes of other fires and the ones purposely
set by humans that have impacted past, current, and future deforestation of the Amazon rainforests (Turcq, et al, 1998). In Brazil, laws have been proposed
in order to slow the deforestation of the Amazon Region. The rainforest of the Amazon Region of Brazil is vast, but it is also fragile. Environmental matters in
that area are quite complex. For hundreds of years, a source of profit and jobs in Brazil has been agriculture on a large scale, mining, and logging. Those
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