Home-based Learning Assignment Week 3 :

Causes of Deforestation (Re-cap)

With reference to the case study of the Amazon Rainforest, we have studied about the uses of the forests and the causes of deforestation in week 1. The article below is taken from an online newspaper

Supermarket suppliers 'helping destroy Amazon rainforest'

Synopsis: Brazilian authorities investigating illegal deforestation have accused the suppliers of several UK supermarkets of selling meat linked to massive destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/21/supermarket-suppliers-amazon-rainforest-deforestation

TASK:

1) Click on the link above and read the full article.

2) With reference to the article, your textbook and the notes that we have done last week, describe how 'agriculture' specifically commercial farming has contributed to the deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. [8m]

3) Type out your answer on microsoft word and send it to atikk.mekrat@gmail.com by Friday 17th July, 10pm.

4) The format of your file should be : coregy_wk3_yourname_class
Example: coreygy_wk3_atikkmekrat_3e7

Late submission or failure to submit will be taken very seriously and you will have to have a 1 hr remedial with me after school the following Tuesday or Wednesday.