Summary Part #2.
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Concerned people are fighting against the loss of the Amazon rain
forest. In the 1960s, poor families began settling in the Rain
Forest. This brought in many roads, sawmills, and loggers. In 1991,
the Yanomami received 36,000 square miles of land from the Brazilian
government. In the year 2004 alone, almost 10,000 square miles of the rain
forest had already been cut down. Over the years, experts say that
about twenty percent of the Amazon rain forest has been destroyed. Soy
farming is making things in Brazil even worse then before. When soy
farming, the land gets cleared out, and destroys even more land. The Amazon
Region Protected Area, (ARPA) and the WWF are helping to protect the
rain forest. Together, they are now protecting twelve percent of this land, which is
about the size of California.
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brunsmana
on May 3, 2006 at 10:07 AM
Olivia,Well written topic sentence. Add some transitions between sentences particularly between sentence 1 and 2. Try to avoid a list of facts.
Thanks
Mrs. Brunsman
