Read the following sentences: “People are using the Amazon to grow plants for humans, like bananas and sugar cane plants. Others
are digging holes in the earth to look for oil or gas reserves. And still others are cutting down the trees for lumber.” Based on this information, what is the main reason why humans are changing the Amazon rainforest?
They found that selective logging and surface wildfires can result in an annual loss of 54 billion tons of carbon from the Brazilian Amazon, increasing greenhouse gas emissions. This is equivalent to 40% of the yearly carbon loss from deforestation -- when entire forests are chopped down
