Deforestation In The Brazilian Amazon
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After Russia, Canada, China and the United States, Brazil is the fifth
largest country in the world. It is the biggest country in South America
and takes up almost half of the continent's area. Its northern part is
called Amazonia, after the Amazon river, which runs through it. This
region cove ....
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.... its discovery, 30% of Brazil's rain forests have disappeared, and the
country is still losing more rain forest each year than any other on the
planet. Brazilian forests are burned or felled at the rate of 1800
hectares (about 4500 acres) every hour! (Dwyer 39) Deforestation started
hundreds of years ago, but only became a major problem in the second half
of this century, when it increased dramatically. It was enhanced by the
Brazilian government which started cutting down the forest to con ....
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