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__ Jungle Zone Problems Toda y__ A ton of food comes from the Rainforests[6]. There are many problems today that could stop food from coming from the rainforest[6]. Peru's forests are under threat from a variety of sources including deforestation, logging, oil exploration, and internal migration and farming[6]. Mining is a huge threat to the rainforests[6]. Large companies such as shell and Colorado based companies are often involve the deposits of tailings and the use of checmicals which subsequently pollute the watersheds[6].Large scale mining often uses deadly chemicals such as cyanide or mercury which are subsequently thrown away resulting in severe chemical pollution and the killing of many animals[6]. The building of roads into undeveloped areas brings deforestation as well[6]. Huge areas of the Amazon have been cleared for plantations to grow sugar, bananas, and other crops[6]. Cattle ranching to feed the north American fast food industry has destroyed HUGE portions of original forests[6]. //"If deforestation continues at current rates, scientists estimate nearly 80 to 90 percent of tropical rainforest ecosystems will be destroyed by the year 2020.[6]" //