A. Overview
1. Deforestation by National Geographic
Answers the questions: WHAT is deforestation, and WHY is it a problem?
CITATION: "Deforestation." Deforestation Facts. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/>.
2. Britannica Kids' Amazon Rainforest Deforestation (video)
This video will introduce you to the problem of deforestation in the Amazon.
CITATION: "Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation." Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation -- Kids Encyclopedia. Britannica Kids, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-106824/Deforestation-of-the-Amazon-Riverbasin-has-followed-a-pattern?&articleTypeId=31>.
3. Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest (video)
This National Science Foundation video shows researches in the Amazon trying to discover what is causing the deforestation in the Amazon.
CITATION: "Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest." YouTube. National Science Foundation, 26 May 2011. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm8TyJ2fOaw>.
B. Mining
1. Gold Mining in the Amazon
CITATION: "Gold Mining." Amazon Aid Foundation, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://amazonaid.org/gold-mining/>.
2. Fact Sheet: Illegal Gold Mining in Peru
CITATION: Fact Sheet: Illegal Gold Mining in Madre De Dios, Peru. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Amazon Conservation Association. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://www.amazonconservation.org/pdf/gold_mining_fact_sheet.pdf>.
3. High Gold Prices Causing Increased Deforestation in South America
CITATION: Watts, Jonathan. "High Gold Prices Causing Increased Deforestation in South America, Study Finds." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 14 Jan. 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/14/high-gold-prices-causing-increased-deforestation-in-south-america-study-finds>.
4. Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon (video)
CITATION: "NEED TO KNOW | Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon | PBS." YouTube. PBS, 24 Aug. 2011. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNH1bG63VYg>.
5. Amazon Gold (video)
CITATION: Lutz, Dave. "Amazon Gold Trailer." YouTube. N.p., 22 Aug. 2011. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YE5FbHWgn8>.
C. Cattle Ranching
1. The Root of the Problem: Cattle and Pasture
CITATION: "What's Driving Tropical Deforestation Today? (2011)." The Root of the Problem-- Drivers of Deforestation. Union of Concerned Scientists, June 2011. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/stop-deforestation/drivers-of-deforestation.html#.VsJpDCihN1I>.
2. Controlling the Ranching Boom that Threatens the Amazon
CITATION: Butler, Rhett. "Controlling the Ranching Boom That Threatens the Amazon."Controlling the Ranching Boom That Threatens the Amazon by Rhett Butler: Yale Environment 360. Yale Environment 360, 10 Aug. 2009. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://e360.yale.edu/feature/controlling_the_ranching_boom_that_threatens_the_amazon/2176/>.
3. How Cattle Ranches are Chewing Up the Amazon
CITATION: "How Cattle Ranches Are Chewing up the Amazon Rainforest." How Cattle Ranches Are Chewing up the Amazon Rainforest. Greenpeace, 31 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/forests/how-cattle-ranching-chewing-amazon-rainforest-20090129>.
4. Cattle Ranching: Biggest Threat to Amazon Rainforest (video)
CITATION: "Cattle Ranching: Biggest Threat to Amazon Rainforest." YouTube. Today's News, 23 Aug. 2013. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwK4axunFeE>.
5. How Cattle Ranching is Destroying the Amazon Rainforest (video)
CITATION: "How Cattle Ranching Is Destroying the Amazon Rainforest." YouTube. Greenpeace UK, 29 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNx51WqBBgM>.
D. Industry
1. The Root of the Problem: Timber
CITATION: "What's Driving Tropical Deforestation Today? (2011)." The Root of the Problem-- Drivers of Deforestation. Union of Concerned Scientists, June 2011. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/stop-deforestation/drivers-of-deforestation.html#.VsJpDCihN1I>.
2. U.S. Gobbling Illegal Wood from Peru's Amazon Rainforest
CITATION: Hance, Jeremy. "U.S. Gobbling Illegal Wood from Peru’s Amazon Rainforest." Mongabay Environmental News. Mongabay, 10 Apr. 2012. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://news.mongabay.com/2012/04/u-s-gobbling-illegal-wood-from-perus-amazon-rainforest/>.
3. Logging in the Amazon
CITATION: "Logging in the Amazon." Greenpeace International. Greenpeace UK, 21 Nov. 2005. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/forests/amazon/logging-in-the-amazon/>.
4. Peru's Amazon Sees Increased Illegal Logging (video)
CITATION: "Peru's Amazon Sees Increased Illegal Logging." YouTube. CCTW America, 18 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSlHe3zfF-Y>.
1. Deforestation by National Geographic
Answers the questions: WHAT is deforestation, and WHY is it a problem?
CITATION: "Deforestation." Deforestation Facts. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/>.
2. Britannica Kids' Amazon Rainforest Deforestation (video)
This video will introduce you to the problem of deforestation in the Amazon.
CITATION: "Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation." Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation -- Kids Encyclopedia. Britannica Kids, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-106824/Deforestation-of-the-Amazon-Riverbasin-has-followed-a-pattern?&articleTypeId=31>.
3. Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest (video)
This National Science Foundation video shows researches in the Amazon trying to discover what is causing the deforestation in the Amazon.
CITATION: "Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest." YouTube. National Science Foundation, 26 May 2011. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm8TyJ2fOaw>.
B. Mining
1. Gold Mining in the Amazon
CITATION: "Gold Mining." Amazon Aid Foundation, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://amazonaid.org/gold-mining/>.
2. Fact Sheet: Illegal Gold Mining in Peru
CITATION: Fact Sheet: Illegal Gold Mining in Madre De Dios, Peru. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Amazon Conservation Association. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://www.amazonconservation.org/pdf/gold_mining_fact_sheet.pdf>.
3. High Gold Prices Causing Increased Deforestation in South America
CITATION: Watts, Jonathan. "High Gold Prices Causing Increased Deforestation in South America, Study Finds." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 14 Jan. 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/14/high-gold-prices-causing-increased-deforestation-in-south-america-study-finds>.
4. Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon (video)
CITATION: "NEED TO KNOW | Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon | PBS." YouTube. PBS, 24 Aug. 2011. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNH1bG63VYg>.
5. Amazon Gold (video)
CITATION: Lutz, Dave. "Amazon Gold Trailer." YouTube. N.p., 22 Aug. 2011. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YE5FbHWgn8>.
C. Cattle Ranching
1. The Root of the Problem: Cattle and Pasture
CITATION: "What's Driving Tropical Deforestation Today? (2011)." The Root of the Problem-- Drivers of Deforestation. Union of Concerned Scientists, June 2011. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/stop-deforestation/drivers-of-deforestation.html#.VsJpDCihN1I>.
2. Controlling the Ranching Boom that Threatens the Amazon
CITATION: Butler, Rhett. "Controlling the Ranching Boom That Threatens the Amazon."Controlling the Ranching Boom That Threatens the Amazon by Rhett Butler: Yale Environment 360. Yale Environment 360, 10 Aug. 2009. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://e360.yale.edu/feature/controlling_the_ranching_boom_that_threatens_the_amazon/2176/>.
3. How Cattle Ranches are Chewing Up the Amazon
CITATION: "How Cattle Ranches Are Chewing up the Amazon Rainforest." How Cattle Ranches Are Chewing up the Amazon Rainforest. Greenpeace, 31 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/forests/how-cattle-ranching-chewing-amazon-rainforest-20090129>.
4. Cattle Ranching: Biggest Threat to Amazon Rainforest (video)
CITATION: "Cattle Ranching: Biggest Threat to Amazon Rainforest." YouTube. Today's News, 23 Aug. 2013. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwK4axunFeE>.
5. How Cattle Ranching is Destroying the Amazon Rainforest (video)
CITATION: "How Cattle Ranching Is Destroying the Amazon Rainforest." YouTube. Greenpeace UK, 29 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNx51WqBBgM>.
D. Industry
1. The Root of the Problem: Timber
CITATION: "What's Driving Tropical Deforestation Today? (2011)." The Root of the Problem-- Drivers of Deforestation. Union of Concerned Scientists, June 2011. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/stop-deforestation/drivers-of-deforestation.html#.VsJpDCihN1I>.
2. U.S. Gobbling Illegal Wood from Peru's Amazon Rainforest
CITATION: Hance, Jeremy. "U.S. Gobbling Illegal Wood from Peru’s Amazon Rainforest." Mongabay Environmental News. Mongabay, 10 Apr. 2012. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://news.mongabay.com/2012/04/u-s-gobbling-illegal-wood-from-perus-amazon-rainforest/>.
3. Logging in the Amazon
CITATION: "Logging in the Amazon." Greenpeace International. Greenpeace UK, 21 Nov. 2005. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/forests/amazon/logging-in-the-amazon/>.
4. Peru's Amazon Sees Increased Illegal Logging (video)
CITATION: "Peru's Amazon Sees Increased Illegal Logging." YouTube. CCTW America, 18 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSlHe3zfF-Y>.