Case Study: The Amazon Basin

Cattle ranching in Brazil
Highway construction e.g Marshal Rondon Highway Mineral mining in Carajas
Since 1970, over 232,000 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed
1995-1998 government granted land in the Amazon to150,000 families
The Balbina dam flooded some 920 square miles of rainforest when it was completed

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