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Valley Public Radio Staff Thu September 6, 2012 Guess Who's
Chopping Down The Amazon Now? Originally published on Thu
September 6, 2012 5:20 pm Though Brazil's Amazon has been the
focus of environmental groups for decades, the deforestation
rate there has fallen dramatically in recent years as clear-
cutting of Amazonian jungle in eight other countries has started
to rise. As a result, the 40 percent of Amazonia located in a
moon-shaped arc of countries from Bolivia to Colombia to French
Guiana faces a more serious threat than the jungle in Brazil.
The culprits range from ranching to soybean farming, logging to
infrastructure development projects. And in