Deforestation in Brazil

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Brazil has had one of the highest rates of deforestation over the past years. It’s beautiful amazon has a dark past of destruction. That destruction is deforestation. Yes that amazing and huge forest used to be even more beautiful until it was cut,burned,and destroyed by the brazilian people. Not just the brazilian people are the ones responsible for that because even us at the other side of the planet are to blame for what is happening to one of the last amazons in the planet.
How could we who are no where near to the brazilian amazon be possibly responsible for what is happening there? Well that hamburger and those napkins that you are using at this very moment at your favorite fast food place could be the reason for deforestation in Brazil. Such as in the website,Greenpeace,that tells about how Burger King used to be in partnership with Sinar Mas, who would destroy forests to provide cheaper products to fast food companies. They have given a statement that they will no longer be in deal with them if they do not stop causing deforestation. Other companies still have a long way to go. KFC has also given a statement that they will look closer at where they get their supplies and if it is connected to deforestation but they have not said that they will discontinue trading with companies like Asia pulp and paper(Greenpeace). By threatening companies by taking away their business it will allow them consider stop causing deforestation. This is a start but there is still a long way to go for the amazon of Brazil.
Not just fast food places but also companies such as JBS, Marfrig, and Minerva who make up about 60% of the cattle in the amazon.They have taken a great leap forward in saying that they will no longer buy from farms that h...

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There is still a long way to go for deforestation but there are many organizations that are fighting to stop deforestation in brazil. Some are Greenpeace, EDF, and much more. There is still a lot we can on our own do such as a simple task of planting a tree in your backyard. The past can not be changed but the future can. It seems that Brazil is on the right track on trying to prevent future deforestation.

Works Cited
Greenpeace.Greenpeace, 2013.Web.30 Jan 2014
Kamran.”Effects of Deforestation in Brazil.”Envirocivil.Envirocivil.2014.Web.28 Jan 2014
Schwartzman,Steve.EDF.Environmental Defense Fund, 2014.Web.5 Feb 2014
Theeffectsofdeforeststion. “Deforestation:Understanding its Benefits.”Wordpress.Copyscape.12
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Williams,Michael.”The History of Deforestation.”Historytoday.History today LTD.Jun
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