Human impact on the Rainforest

• Deforestation is major problem for tropical rainforests.
• Humans destroy large areas of rainforests every year.
• This cleared land is usually needed for cropland or livestock.
• Brazil is number one in total deforested area.
• Between 1990 and 2005 Brazil lost over 163,000 square miles of rainforest (roughly the size of the state of California)
• The process of deforestation in the rainforests kills many animals and destroys the homes of many others.