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The Battle for the Amazon (clear-cut the tress to plant grasses for the…
The Battle for the Amazon
support to protect the forest
Dorothy Stang and her followers
encourage famers to live and work in harmony with the Amazon ecosystem
worked to educate poor farmers
organize and encourage poor farmers to resist the ranchers and speculators who want the land of the forest
the local live in there
poor family farmers
clear-cut the tress to plant grasses for the castle
close to 20% of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down
Scientists fear that 20% of the trees will be lost over
the forest's ecology may began to fall apart
the Amazon produces half its own rainfall through the water it releases into the atmosphere
Eliminate enough of that rain through clearing
the remaining trees dry out and die
the natural result is an increase in forest fires burning out of control
much the destruction of the Amazon is done illegally
more than 160000kg of illegal logging roads throughout the forest
the trees have been cut down and take away
the logging roads provide access to the forest for ranchers, farmers, settlers, and others attracted by the promise of free land
a great competition
gunmen are frequently recruited as a way to protect settlers' claims
the production of fake, illegal titles to Amazon land--> become so common
Brazilians have a name for it:
grilagem
, which mean "cricket"
more authentic, grileiros(ppl who steal land by creating false titles have come to be known
put the documents in drawers full of hungry crickets
the crickets eat some of the pages and make the documents look older