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is produced in the rainforest countries is almost exclusively for export, since a very minimal amount of beef is consumed. An example of the consuming amount in Brazil compared to the U.S would be that, a Brazilian will consume at the most 35 pounds of beef annually, compared to the U.S where a well pampered cat would eat more then 35 pounds annually. If you were to look at the statistics it would show that for every ? pounder 67 square feet of forests are destroyed, and in the 67 square feet it would contain roughly 800,000 pounds of plant and animal material – a lot of the species as yet unknown to scientists.

Paper Production and Other Factors

From 1950 to 1976 the world’s paper consumption alone increased from 40 to 160 million tons, a rise more than double that of population growth. This figure is expected to increase to 400 million tons by the year 2000 and to double again twenty years later. Of the current total, over 87 percent is being consumed by developed nations.

In a reality, each American citizen thrpws away enough paper to equal three whole conifer trees yearly. Yet, this only represents the amount of paper wasted, not the amount consumed, meaning that approximatly one billion trees are are being wasted each year by the U.S. alone. In developing nations, the average person uses only 11 pounds of each year, but on average most use less then 2.2 pounds, equivelant to one half of the Sunday edition of the New York Times.

Mineral Extraction

Mineral extraction from forests lands is often accompanied by circumstances that produce much more damge than the mining process itself. An example would be the exploitation of a large deposits iron-ore, copper, manganese, bauxite and nickel. While iron-oe has had a very little effect on the forest since it began production in 1985, a large problem looms in the form of charcoal-powered smelters which convert the ore into pig iorn. With the most expedient source of charcoal surrounding the forrest, cause the distruction of the surrounding forests.



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