Amazon Rainforest

Variety of plants and animals living in one area.

• Biodiversity

• Carbon Oxygen Cycle

• Tropical Rainforest

• Sustainable development

Removing or clearing away trees from a forest

• Desertification

• Clear cutting

• Deforestation

• Deplanting

Using resources in ways that help people today but does not hurt future generations.

• Biodiversity

• Sustainable development

• Ecotourism

• Unsustainable Development

Broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator.

• Desert

• Coniferous Forest

• Tundra

• Tropical Rainforest

Why do Native Amazonians believe they have a right to the rainforest?

• They make lots of money

• They were there the longest

• They don't hurt the forest

• They need the farm land

Why do Rubber Tappers believe they have a right to the rainforest?

• They make lots of money

• They were there the longest

• They don't hurt the forest

• They need the farm land

Why do the Settlers believe they have a right to the rainforest?

• They make lots of money

• They were there the longest

• They don't hurt the forest

• They need the farm land

Why do the Loggers believe they have a right to the rainforest?

• They make lots of money

• They were there the longest

• They don't hurt the forest

• They need the farm land

Why do the Cattle Ranchers believe they have a right to the rainforest?

• They make lots of money

• They were there the longest

• They don't hurt the forest

• They are raising food for the world

Why do the Environmental Groups believe they have a right to the rainforest?

• They make lots of money

• They were there the longest

• They are helping protect the rainforest

• They are raising food for the world