8U - Rainforest enquiry

• Who uses the rainforest and how do they use it?

• Who were encouraged by the government to move into the forest and claim land for ranching?

• What happens when they move into the forest?

• Since 1960, when the Central American beef market began booming, how much of the area's rainforests have been cleared?

• What do the cattle ranches produce?

• What problems would this cause for the rainforest plants and animals?
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Shifting cultivation or Slash and Burn (how the Yanomani farm)

• How do they farm?

• Who cuts down the trees?

• Why do they cut down the trees?

• Why do they cut down so many trees for so few logs?

• When did mining start in the rainforest?

• What materials are people mining for?

• What problems does mining cause for the rainforest?

• Why are dams being built in the rainforest?