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  2. Deforestation - Wikipedia

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    However, Brazil still destroyed 1.3 million hectares in 2019. [7] Brazil is one of several countries that have declared their deforestation a national emergency. [69] [70] Paraguay was losing its natural semi-humid forests in the country's western regions at a rate of 15,000 hectares at a randomly studied 2-month period in 2010. [71]

  3. Deforestation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Native Americans cleared millions of acres of forest for many reasons, including hunting, farming, berry production, and building materials. [1] Prior to the arrival of European-Americans, about one half of the United States land area was forest, about 1,023,000,000 acres (4,140,000 km 2) estimated in 1630.

  4. Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Home to much of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's tropical primary (old-growth) forest loss greatly exceeds that of other countries. [58] Overall, 20% of the Amazon rainforest has been "transformed" (deforested) and another 6% has been "highly degraded", causing Amazon Watch to warn that the Amazonia is in the midst of a tipping point crisis. [3]

  5. Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest ...

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    The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. The Amazon biome has lost more than 85 million hectares (211 million acres ...

  6. Habitat destruction - Wikipedia

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    Jungle burned for agriculture in southern Mexico. Tropical rainforests have received most of the attention concerning the destruction of habitat. From the approximately 16 million square kilometers of tropical rainforest habitat that originally existed worldwide, less than 9 million square kilometers remain today. [7]

  7. Why Amazon's Rainforest Rocks - AOL

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    When we think of the word "Amazon," we can easily free-associate to "rainforest." Of course, there's another free association that's far closer to home: Amazon.com . If Apple as envisioned by the ...

  8. Tropical rainforest conservation - Wikipedia

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    One of the world's largest and most dense rainforests is the Amazon rainforest in South America. Rainforests are disappearing across the world, and at an alarming rate in Brazil. Since the 1980s, more than 153,000 square miles of Amazonian rainforest has fallen victim to deforestation. [6]

  9. Forests of the United States - Wikipedia

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    [1] Major uses of forests include timber production, recreation, hunting, fishing, watershed and fisheries protection, wildlife habitat and biodiversity protection, and gathering nontimber products such as berries, mushrooms, and medicinal plants. [1] There are boreal forests in Alaska. [4] Forests in Hawaii and the U.S. territories are ...