Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest - Review

Front

We want to save and protect the rainforest so that it stays natural.

Back

Environmentalists

Front

We want to continue to make a living by using the rainforest in a sustainable way.

Back

Rubber Tappers

Front

We want to use already cleared rainforest land in order to help feed Brazil.

Back

Cattle Ranchers

Front

Clear-cutting is the only way for us to make money in the rainforest.

Back

Loggers

Front

We just want to feed our families. We don’t even want to make money from the rainforest.

Back

Settlers

Front

Who has been in the rainforest the longest and wants to continue living in their traditional way?

Back

Native Amazonians

Front

The government gave us our land. We should be able to keep it. There is no where else for us to go.

Back

Settlers

Front

By using resources from the rainforest, we are creating jobs for people in Brazil, providing materials for Brazil’s factories, and also helping Brazil’s economy from the sales of our exports.

Back

Loggers

Front

The government should make us legal landowners of our homeland so that our home cannot be destroyed. Who is this statement referring to?

Back

Native Amazonians

Front

We have made a living off rainforest resources for generations. Our way of life does not harm the rainforest, so the government should protect our activities.

Back

Rubber Tappers