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Deforestation in the Amazon
The effects of increasing industrialization throughout the world has lead to the depletion of our natural resources. One of the world’s resources that has been affected the most is trees, which are destroyed through a process called deforestation. Deforestation can be defined as, “to clean an area, other than purely temporarily, of forest” (Chadwick 243). The act of deforestation can be a natural occurrence, through extreme climate changes or natural disturbances including fires, windstorms, or flooding. However, deforestation associated with industrialization is caused by timber harvesting, land clearing, and grazing (Chadwick 243). Deforestation causes damage to the soil, endangers species, and destroys the ecosystem. The rates of deforestation caused by humans have been accelerating steadily in the past few centuries, with current global rates of deforestation occurring at 10. ... The regions of the world that typically have the highest rates of deforestation are those that are not prosperous economically, including Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. The Amazon Basin is an excellent example of how deforestation induced by humans can have many detrimental effects to the environment.
The areas in the Amazon Basin that have been most affected by deforestation are those concentrated in the southern and eastern areas (Tucker 257). Several South American countries have experienced this deforestation, including Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Approximate Word count = 1100
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