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Deforestation in the Amazon

Deforestation in the Amazon. By: Kelly Teahan, Lane Martin, Sydney Rosen , and Timmy Walsh. The History of Logging. L oggers came to the Amazon in the 1960s . They would cut down trees so that the valuable trees could be used for paper and wooden furniture. Land Use.

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Deforestation in the Amazon

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  1. Deforestation in the Amazon By: Kelly Teahan, Lane Martin, Sydney Rosen, and Timmy Walsh

  2. The History of Logging • Loggers came to the Amazon in the 1960s. • They would cut down trees so that the valuable trees could be used for paper and wooden furniture.

  3. Land Use • To be able to log in the Amazon you must be licensed, and you can only log in designated areas. However a lot of people log illegally. • Ibamais Brazil’s environmentalist group that got a lot of illegal loggers arrested. • The land use is a conflict in which many people will not be happy so its really going to be a hard decision on deciding the land use.

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