Deforestation…A World Without Trees

By Austin Russell

Thesis

Some land owners in Brazil choose to farm in a way that is destructive to the forest and the land around it, however, Vasco Van Roosmalen and his team called “Amazon Conservation Team” work to protect the forest starting with one Brazilian tribal group at a time .

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