What Threats are Latin America rainforests facing? How is deforestation affecting the global climate?
Central America
Tourism
Causes For Deforestation
South Amrica
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Forrests are cleared for farmland
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Effect on climate:
Causes
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Effects
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Forrests are cut down for wood
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Chile
Brazil
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Effect on wildlife
Brazil's leader is pushing people to deforistate the Amazon rainforest, pushing it closer to its tipping point
The animals don't have a good place to live if all of the trees and plants aren't there
Forrests are cut down and removed due to local people
The Global carbon rates are rising because people are chopping down the amazon. This is rasing global tempratures because the carbon is getting trapped in the atmosphere
All of the plants are being taken away to build recources that are needed.
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The Global carbon rates are rising because people are chopping down the amazon. This is rising global temperatures because the carbon is getting trapped in the atmosphere
countries
Guatamala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
El Salvador
Beliz
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Can Help via Eco tourism
Can also lead to more destruction of the Rainforrests
We need all these rainforests to help reduce the carbon in the atmosphere
over tourism
Illegal Gold mining in the Amazon
Chile is a lead producer of grapes and olives and if deforestation continues there may not be a-lot of these plants.
Many people also flee to chile for a better life because it has a strong democratic government