Chapter 12 - Land Use in the Amazon Rainforest

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Who would say...
We’ve been here longer than anyone. Our land and way of life should be protected.

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Indigenous (Native) Amazonians

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Who would say... Land that has been opened to us in the rainforest finally gives us a chance to pro- vide food for our families. You can’t take that away.

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Settlers

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Who would say...
What we do to earn a living doesn’t hurt the rainforest. Because of that, we should have land of our own in the rainforest.

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Rubber Tappers

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Who would say... We’re taking land that has already been cleared and making it productive. Besides, we provide a valuable product to hungry people all around the world.

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Cattle Ranchers

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Who would say... People in other countries use the valuable resources of their land to provide jobs for people and improve the economic situation of their country. Why can’t we do the same?

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Loggers

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Who would say...
We must stop much of what is happening to the rainforest, or eventually people all over the Earth will suffer.

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Environmentalists

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To whom would this statement be directed: Unless you change the way you do things, the valuable resource you take from the rainforest won’t be around much longer. Then what will you do?

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Loggers

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To whom would this statement be directed: You are such a small group, your interests shouldn’t outweigh the needs of an entire country. Besides, the way you live just doesn’t fit with modern times.

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Indigenous (native) Amazonians

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To whom would this statement be directed: The way you use the rainforest’s land turns the forest into grasslands. Grassland may benefit you, but it hurts lots of other people, both here in the Amazon basin and around the world.

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Cattle Ranchers

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To whom would this statement be directed: "Why can’t you be given land somewhere else? Besides, rainforest land isn’t even good for how you want to use it."

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Settlers