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More Efficient Tools
When government incentives to clear land met bigger and better tools, large-scale deforestation in the Amazon began. -
Moving
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek moves Brazil's capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia. -
Military Command
Military dictatorship takes power, the generals encourage mass migration into the Amazon. -
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Riches
During 1960 to 2010, the population grew from six million to twenty-five million as people migrated seeking their fortune. -
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Escalation in Deforestation
During the 1970s and 1980s agriculture dwindles down and projects, such as highways, dams, and mines, bring workers and industry to the rainforest. -
Ease of Access
The government declares a plan to build a 2,500-mile long road throught the heart of the rainforest. -
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Brazilian bare-faced tamarin
Predominantly due to habitat loss, the population of the Brazillian bare-faced tamarin fell by half from 1990 to 2008. -
Voluntary pledge
36 countries sign a voluntary pledge to "'at least halve the rate of loss of natural forests globally by 2020 and strive to end natural forest loss by 2030.'"(cfr.org). Brazil doesn't sign. -
Improvement
President Dilma Rousseff states that, since 2005, Brazil has reduced Amazonian deforestation by 82 percent. Also, she sets a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 37 percent from 1996–2006 average levels by 2025, and to abolish illegal deforestation by 2030. -
Realization
During the late 1980's, satellite images revealed the extent of no conservation laws and what it has done to the area. -
Extinction
Dozens of species of Amazonian animals will become extinct, and many plant species endangered by 2050, researchers say.