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| Rich base of MINERAL RESOURCES in the Amazon rainforest, IRON is most abundant. It is exported for steel making. Gold, platinum, copper, lead and bauxite for ALUMINIUM. | Vast acres are CLEARED to gain access to these reserves. HYDRO-ELECTRIC power stations are built. |
| Demand for TROPICAL HARDWOODS like ROSEWOOD and MAHOGANY. Random logging means means for every tree cut down, at least 30 more may be destroyed in the process. | High prices for these woods. FIVE MILLION HECTARES of forest are lost EVERY YEAR as a result. |
| Since 1950, TWO THIRDS of the Amazons LOWLAND FOREST have been turned into PASTURE. In the last 10 years an area the size of PORTUGAL has been cleared. | The QUALITY of grass DECLINES as the NUTRIENTS are LOST from the soil. Many RANCHES have INCREASED IN SIZE as a result of this. |
| Sinze the 1970sm the Brazillian government have encouraged landless people to live in the rainforest. This means people clear the forest for sustinence farming. | This has been unsuccessful due to INFERTILE SOIL - with no forest canopy, there is nothing to replenish the soil with nutrients. |
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