Environmental
Sustainability
in Brazil
Owen Carr, Shelby Gaines, Nathan Liu, & Helina Solomon
Objectives
Integrate principles of sustainable development into
environmental policies
End destruction of biodiversity
Improve access to clean water by 50%
Enhance lives of 100 million slum residents
Why is this Important?
Many of the goals affect the planet’s overall
health and ecosystems
Affects millions living in poor conditions
Aids the improvement of maternal health,
reduction of child mortality, and the
eradication of hunger
Background of Environmental
Issues in Brazil
Home to large portion of the Amazon rain
forest
Economic exploitation of its
ecosystems has ravaged the richest and
most productive environmental regions
of the country
The destruction of the Amazon rain forest
is seen as most pressing issue
● Brazil is the largest
coffee producer in the
world
Repercussions
Increase in possibility of droughts (leads to famine)
Toxic waste infiltrating into oceans and water supply
Degradation of industry and business (economic
downfall)
Indigenous tribes are being forced to leave as their
homes in the forest are destroyed
What changes has Brazil made?
Slowed the loss of deforestation and created protected regions
Cattle ranching and soybean production curbed
Freshwater preservation
What Still Needs to Be Addressed?
Slums and refugees fleeing environmental crises
Continued degradation of the Amazon rain forest by cattle ranches and farms
Water pollution
Global warming & carbon dioxide emissions
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Works Cited
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Photograph Sources
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