2. Why is it happening Mining for gold and silver Minerals Charcoal for companies to burn Timber for all sorts- furniture, paper and softwood Drug Barons, places for cocaine and things Jobs Houses Roads and highways Medicines Cattle ranches Farming

3. Affects The whole rainforest might disappear in 40years Every in the Amazon there is a football pitch destroyed 100 acres destroyed every minute of he day

4. Affects on Animals ½ of the worlds species and plants might be destroyed 137 plants and animals destroyed and dead everyday Rainforest sometimes referred to as lungs of the world

5. Devastation Pictures

10. How they do it They use a slash and burn technique which is when they cut down the tree then burn them

11. Cattle Cases MacDonald's were charged with cutting down trees for their beef