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Loggers 5 Facts. Logging companies began moving into the amazons in the 1960’s They cut down hardwood trees such as: mahogany and rosewood. Their method of clearing forests is that they clear-cut, which is to cut down a patch of forest and move onto the next patch.
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Loggers 5 Facts • Logging companies began moving into the amazons in the 1960’s • They cut down hardwood trees such as: mahogany and rosewood. • Their method of clearing forests is that they clear-cut, which is to cut down a patch of forest and move onto the next patch. • Furniture markers from all over the world purchase the wood from the Amazon. • In 2004, 5 billion dollars worth of wood.