QUEENB40
Answered

Welcome to Westonci.ca, the place where your questions are answered by a community of knowledgeable contributors. Discover solutions to your questions from experienced professionals across multiple fields on our comprehensive Q&A platform. Get quick and reliable solutions to your questions from a community of experienced experts on our platform.


What is the main reason for the destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest?

1 acid rain

2 air pollution

3 flooding

4 cattle ranching, farming, and building new settlements.


Sagot :

Answer: Cattle ranching, farming, and building new settlements.

Explanation: Cattle ranching is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In Brazil, this has been the case since at least the 1970s: government figures attributed 38 percent of deforestation from 1966-1975 to large-scale cattle ranching. Today the figure in Brazil is closer to 70 percent.