Deforestation in Brazil

There are many environmental issues that are a concern in the world today. One in particular is deforestation. Nowhere on earth is the threat of biological impoverishment because of deforestation greater than in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. The Amazon supports approximately 300 million hectares of tropical forest, the largest single area of tropical forest communities in the world. Deforestation of this land leads to serious consequences not only for the country of Brazil, but for the entire world. The rain forest in Brazil and the other forests on this planet play an important role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the planet's atmosphere. Deforestation has had dramatic effects on the climate with the combination of reduced rainfall and soil erosion. …