Could Deforestation of the Amazon lead to the extinction of Brazil? Brazil is one of the most diverse and multi-cultural countries in the world. It is a beautiful country and is the home to the Amazon Rainforest. In 2016 the world was introduced to Brazil through the world Olympics. Through the Olympics the world was exposed to Brazil’s people, music, and what a rich culture Brazil has to offer. But like every other country Brazil also has its problems, and as you can infer from the title its deforestation. So with this in mind, to infer that deforestation can lead to the extinction of Brazil, one can argue that statement could be false. However, the amazon rainforest which can be found in Brazil and bordering many other South American
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The Amazon speaks for over half of earths remaining rainforests, and includes the largest and most biodiverse amplitude of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species. But unfortunately all of these numbers are decreasing every day because of deforestation. So what is deforestation you may ask? According to Livescience.com “Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses.” Deforestation is one of the major factors that is contributing to the greenhouse effect and desertification. Now how does this relate to Brazil? Brazil as said earlier is home to one of the world’s largest tropical rainforest and it just seems to be that Tropical rainforests are the most affected. A bit over half of Earth's land surface is covered by forests, which is just a little bit over four billion hectares (One hectare = 2.47 acres.). When you compare this back to 1850 where the earth covered 5.9 billion hectares you can tell that from since the pre-industrial era the number has dropped dramatically. But the lack of foresting in the amazon is affecting three major groups. The people, because many different people …show more content…
A study even states that if deforestation were to come to a stop in the region overnight these species will still be headed towards there doom. This problem is mainly being taken place in parts of the eastern and southern Amazon, 30 years of concerted deforestation have shrunk viable living and breeding territories enough to wipe away 38 species to regional extinction in the next couple of years, including 10 mammals, 20 birds and eight amphibian species scientists found. The clearing of trees from the Amazon forces wildlife into different places that they are not familiar with, making them confused and in danger of what’s around them, it also forces them into smaller areas of land every time a tree is cut, many different species then are forced to face a slower death sentence as their breeding rates fall and competition for food becomes more intense. Scientists at Imperial College, London, reached the bleak conclusion after creating a statistical model to calculate the Brazilian Amazon's "extinction debt", or the number of species headed for extinction as a result of past deforestation. The scientist came to a conclusion that creatures were struggling to cope with habitat that came from a result of destruction and other environmental threats. Some of the species that are affected by this deforestation problem include the White-cheeked spider monkeys,
The Amazon speaks for over half of earths remaining rainforests, and includes the largest and most biodiverse amplitude of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species. But unfortunately all of these numbers are decreasing every day because of deforestation. So what is deforestation you may ask? According to Livescience.com “Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses.” Deforestation is one of the major factors that is contributing to the greenhouse effect and desertification. Now how does this relate to Brazil? Brazil as said earlier is home to one of the world’s largest tropical rainforest and it just seems to be that Tropical rainforests are the most affected. A bit over half of Earth's land surface is covered by forests, which is just a little bit over four billion hectares (One hectare = 2.47 acres.). When you compare this back to 1850 where the earth covered 5.9 billion hectares you can tell that from since the pre-industrial era the number has dropped dramatically. But the lack of foresting in the amazon is affecting three major groups. The people, because many different people …show more content…
A study even states that if deforestation were to come to a stop in the region overnight these species will still be headed towards there doom. This problem is mainly being taken place in parts of the eastern and southern Amazon, 30 years of concerted deforestation have shrunk viable living and breeding territories enough to wipe away 38 species to regional extinction in the next couple of years, including 10 mammals, 20 birds and eight amphibian species scientists found. The clearing of trees from the Amazon forces wildlife into different places that they are not familiar with, making them confused and in danger of what’s around them, it also forces them into smaller areas of land every time a tree is cut, many different species then are forced to face a slower death sentence as their breeding rates fall and competition for food becomes more intense. Scientists at Imperial College, London, reached the bleak conclusion after creating a statistical model to calculate the Brazilian Amazon's "extinction debt", or the number of species headed for extinction as a result of past deforestation. The scientist came to a conclusion that creatures were struggling to cope with habitat that came from a result of destruction and other environmental threats. Some of the species that are affected by this deforestation problem include the White-cheeked spider monkeys,