Amazon forest conversion
NASA’s historical account links forest conversion to agriculture, roads and wider economic incentives. Cattle ranching and commercial crop production create demands for cleared land.
The Amazon crosses national borders. Evidence about Mato Grosso or the Brazilian Amazon should not be described as a measurement of every Amazon country.
Saved on this browser. An example’s listed role does not certify that it covers every specification dimension.
Evidence and its scope
| Claim | Period and scope | Source |
|---|---|---|
| NASA identifies cattle ranching, commercial crop production and access infrastructure among interacting deforestation drivers. | Historical account published 2007 | Open source |
Possible requirement roles
- Tropical rainforest use and managementIdentify the rainforest and country or region.; Explain causes, consequences and management of forest change.; An Indonesian Borneo example is not automatically a Malaysian case.
- Global production and connectionsTrace flows of goods, investment, labour or information.; Distinguish exports from domestically retained value.; Explain uneven opportunities and dependencies.
- An ecosystem and its managementIdentify the ecosystem’s scale and processes.; Explain interactions and human pressures.; Do not attribute every change to a single cause.
Recall the evidence
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Practise using the evidence
Apply a related skill
Choropleth maps · Source evaluation
Compare with Borneo and Kalimantan: plantation expansion
Compare land-use pressures and management at the stated regional scale. Avoid treating two forests as interchangeable.
Borneo and Kalimantan: plantation expansion
Check the comparison
Use a shared criterion, explain the geographical process and keep each source’s period and boundary. Different totals may reflect different definitions or populations. A comparison needs more than two separate descriptions.
Related lessons
Tropical rainforests: relationships and land-use change · Carbon cycles: stocks, fluxes and changing feedbacks
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Use a fresh resource to practise selecting evidence and explaining its significance.