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    Case Study 1: The Disappearing Amazon

    The Amazon rainforest, located in South America, is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It spreads
    across nine South American countries, with about 60% of the forest being in Brazil. The dense rainforest
    is home to the vast Amazon river, thousands of species of flora and fauna and hundreds of local tribal
    communities. It is believed that in the Amazon, scientists discover a new species every other day!

    The Amazon is believed to be 10 million years old. About 13,000 years ago, the first humans settled in the
    Amazon basin, living in small settlements, cultivating land and living off the forest. In the late 15th century,
    the colonization of the Americas brought with it large scale deforestation. Forests were cut down for
    agriculture, firewood and to build houses. Despite severe deforestation, the Amazon remained largely
    intact.

    The 20th century saw the most tree loss in the history of Amazon. In the 1960s, Brazil’s military
    dictatorship gave an order to convert forest land to agricultural farmlands. In the 1970s, several highways
    were built. Many locals who were previously working in farms, joined in to clear forest lands and make
    way for highways, electricity and phone lines and settlements. Slowly wealthy businesses bought land to
    plant soy and build cattle ranches (large areas of land where cattle is raised). These offered employment
    to locals and continue to do so. However, economic development came at the cost of loss of biodiversity
    and disappearing ancestral lands of the local communities.

    In the early 2000s, due to international pressure, Brazil passed policies to control deforestation. Between
    2004 to 2012 deforestation fell by 83.5%. However, as laws were relaxed, the number increased again. In
    recent years, the Amazon has seen an alarming number of forest fires. Now, for the first time, the world
    feels the effect of the slowly disappearing Amazon. About 17% of the forest is already lost. Scientists
    believe that at the current rate of deforestation, 27% of the Amazon will be without trees by 2030. This will
    lead to rise in global temperatures, declining rainfall and severe climate change.

    The situation in Amazon reveals many conflicts — human development or environmental protection,
    saving local traditions or moving towards modernity, letting nature take over land or letting humans control
    it. There is no one way to address this issue.

    (Source: https://time.com/amazon-rainforest-disappearing/)
    Student Notes:
    What to produce How to produce For whom to produce

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