Amazon Rainforest

WHO WOULD SAY THIS:

"We’ve been here longer than anyone. Our land and way of life should be protected!"

• Native Amazonians

• Rubber Tappers

• Settlers (Farmers)

• Cattle Ranchers

• Environmentalists

WHO WOULD SAY THIS:

"Land that has been opened to us in the rainforest finally gives us a chance to provide food for our families. You can’t take that away."

• Native Amazonians

• Rubber Tappers

• Loggers

• Settlers (Farmers)

• Cattle Ranchers

What is the smallest group of species on this graph?

WHO WOULD SAY THIS:

"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."

• Rubber Tappers

• Loggers

• Settlers (Farmers)

• Cattle Ranchers

• Environmentalists

WHO WOULD SAY THIS:

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

• Rubber Tappers

• Loggers

• Settlers

• Cattle Ranchers

• Environmentalists

Where can you find the Amazon Rainforest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

WHO WOULD SAY THIS:

"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?"

• Rubber Tappers

• Loggers

• Settlers

• Cattle Ranchers

• Environmentalists

WHO WOULD SAY THIS:

"We must stop much of what is happening to the rainforest, or eventually people all over the world will suffer."

• Native Amazonians

• Rubber Tappers

• Environmentalists

• Settlers

• Cattle Ranchers

What is the largest group of species on this graph?

Which would groups want IF they SUPPORT sustainable development?

• the building of more roads into the rainforest

• the harvesting of rainforest trees to create more jobs

• the clearing of rainforest to create farms and ranches

• the use of rainforest resources without destroying them