Question

Deforestation is a worldwide phenomenon. However, there are some areas that experience more deforestation than others. Select Deforestation: Net Loss, 2000-2015. Change Projection to Orthographic (Western Hemisphere). Zoom to Latin America and zoom in further as necessary. Show Physical Labels. Which of the following South American regions has experienced the greatest extent of deforestation (net loss, 2000-2015)? View Available Hint(s) Deforestation is a worldwide phenomenon. However, there are some areas that experience more deforestation than others. Which of the following South American regions has experienced the greatest extent of deforestation (net loss, 2000-2015)?

a. Cordillera Occidental (Andes)
b. Pampas
c. Brazilian Highlands
d. Desierto de Atacama (the Atacama Desert)
e. Patagonia

Answer 1

The area that has experienced the greatest extent of deforestation is actually the:

c. Brazilian Highlands

Step-by-step explanation:

Brazilian Highlands is part of the area recognized in the world that has experienced the highest level of deforestation. This is as a result of the illegal poaching and cutting down of trees in those area. The famous area in Brazil is the Amazon Rainforest. This Rainforest has thousands of species of trees, and animals in the past few decades, but currently, it is being degraded and poached.

It has lead to the enactment of laws about protecting the forest from further deforestation. Due to the deforestation taking place in Amazon, it is predicted by the scientist as the reason why the global warming has drastically increased in the world.