Rainforests are primarily cut down or burned by humans to clear land for agriculture and cattle pasture (by burning), timber harvesting for furniture or other products (by cutting). Rainforests may also be cleared for mining or roadbuilding.
A:The two main causes of deforestation in South America are the claiming of lands for agriculture and the exploitation for wood products and by-products.Large areas of rainforest and other green areas are burnt each week or leveled with machines for agriculture and cattle. Many international food companies contribute to this problem, purchasing large areas of rainforest and transforming it for hosting thousands of heads of cattle for supplying their worldwide needs, most often through paper companies. Satellite imaging shows day after day large areas on fire by human hands.
Many legal and many illegal wood processing enterprises go further and further into green areas chopping down and processing large trees and destroying the minor vegetation in their way.
Local governments have tried to impose some limitations but corruption is a problem.
Pollution, mining, farming, and logging (cutting down trees) have all helped to cause the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
A:Much of it is cut down illegally in the Amazon basin and SE Asia because there is great demand for the timber in developed countries. The work is largely done by poor peasants who know of no other way of feeding their families. They work for logging companies and the palm oil growers (In the Amazon, cattle farmers.) who move in when the land has been stripped. About half the world's rainforest has been cleared. As tropical timbers such teak are becoming scarce, their price is increasing and profits are rising. Official corruption also plays its part. Most of the peasants who cut down the forests understand that deforestation has reached a point where it threatens the health of the planet, but they are trapped in a cycle of poverty that leaves them with no choice. A:The Amazon rainforest is being cut down for a range of things; including wood, gold, tin, hydro-electricity, & farming agriculture. A:Rainforests and other forests are being cut down for their timber, and also to provide grazing space for cattle. The world has a huge demand for beef.loggers - a person whose work is logging; lumberjack.
or somebody who cuts trees down.
it is a problem because if we do not have rain forests, then there will be no rain and less oxygen
Yes, the Capuchin monkeys are listed as an endangered species. They are endangered because of the depleting trees in the rainforest.
Yes, the Capuchin monkeys are listed as an endangered species. They are endangered because of the depleting trees in the rainforest.
Ozone is depleting. It is depleting due to the CFC's used by the humans.
Ozone depleting chemicals are CFC's. Other than Halogens are also ozone depleting.
The ozone is depleting at stratospheric level. It is due to CFC's.
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The ozone depleting chemicals are CFC's. They react with ozone and deplete it.
Materials depleting ozone are called ODS. They are CFC's and greenhouse gases.
The Center for Disease Control is not depleting ozone. See the related questions section below.
Ozone depleting substances cause damage to the ozone layer. CFC's are greatest of them.
There are many ozone depleting substances. These substances are the ones that can cause damage to the ozone layer.