DEFORESTATION OF THE AMAZON

Deforestation of the Amazon

Deforestation at Amazon

Introduction

Deforestation is the process of removal of trees and converts the forested zone in to an un-forested zone. Deforestation at Amazon is threatening the eco system. Deforestation usually takes place at Amazon for human settlement or land development. In the past 4 decades, around 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest is cleared which is greater than the times of the European colonization. Scientists are fearful that 20 percent of trees are bound to be lost in the next 2 decades if some action is not taken by the government (www.ecopolity.com).

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