Background on Deforestation in the Amazon
Deforestation in the Amazon as big as it seems has only been really alive and active very recently. Deforestation in the Amazon didn't start fully hardcore like we know it until the 1990's. In 1975 their were very high restrictions to even enter some parts of the Amazon. Once farmers and lodgers got into the Amazon in the 90's they slowly started to suck the Amazon of it's resources. Deforestation in the amazon is something that still rages to this day.