Reasons we chop down the Amazon

1. They do it for money, so they can buy stuff.

2. For resources, such as wood and paper.

3. The main reason is to make way for cows and cattle ranches to move in so people can harvest resources like beef and burgers.

4. People need to make mines, roads, houses and many other things. But they need the space that the trees are taking up.

5. People want to create electricity from the water in the Amazon River, but the trees are in the way.