Across
- 1. these people want to see the development of the rainforest slowed down (S8)
- 5. the Amazon Rainforest soil did not have a lot of these, preventing good farming (S6)
- 6. this crop doesn't require land clearing (S9)
- 7. the amount of land (in square footage) that environmentalists argue needs to be cleared for every hamburger sold in the United States (S7)
- 9. consumers can help support the sustainability of the rainforest by purchasing cereals and ice creams with this product (S9)
- 10. the United States buys a lot of this from Brazil (S7)
- 12. there are many ___________ species that live in the Amazon Rainforest (S8)
- 13. the main food source for cattle (S7)
- 14. the Amazon Rainforest is a unique ecosystem that brings this about from people around the world. (S9)
- 17. this is another word for house or living space (S9)
- 18. the Brazilian government tried to encourage the poor to become this, by moving them into the rainforest (S6)
- 19. the 2008 sale of beef to other countries was over _______ billion dollars (S7)
- 20. other countries like this one has pledged money to help save the Amazon Rainforest (S8)
Down
- 2. this kind of development is encouraged which uses the resources of the rainforest without destroying it (S9)
- 3. this process has created many grasslands out of the previous forest. (S7)
- 4. a type of logging that is sustainable and is not as harmful to the rainforest (S9)
- 8. this is a way countries make money - often associated with traveling (S9)
- 11. the fraction of people who are poor in Brazil (S6)
- 15. another name for cattle (S7)
- 16. the group which herds cattle (S7)