

The History of Deforestation in the Amazon


Starting in the 1980’s, 77,000 square miles of the Amazon forest was subject to deforestation. This was a threat because sources say the Amazon has “an ecosystem the entire world needs for survival” (Vox. 2020). The mass devastation came from the Brazilian government and their “issue” with population and the distribution of this population throughout the entire country. Being that nobody wanted to