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columbinedaydream t1_j837x3x wrote

cash crops and logging, two the biggest causes of deforestation of the Amazon

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carshooter106 t1_j844y8q wrote

Wrong, barely anything gets planted in deforested Amazon. Sugar in particular is planted in the south east region.

The biggest causes of deforestation are logging (so you get partial marks), and cattle ranching, and mining. All of that with a lot of support from 1st world companies

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columbinedaydream t1_j85fmq5 wrote

this is just not true, soy production is one of the leading causes of deforestation. the problem is that the land isnt very good for it, so they log, grow cash crops like soy, and then land gets left barren because they cant grow anything on it after

https://rainforests.mongabay.com/kids/elementary/soy.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/795051

like this is one google search away, why am i being downvoted

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