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Deforestation in Sao Paulo and Chronic Water Shortages

Geoff Riley

11th December 2017

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Here is an article that highlights the crucial role of forests. Sao Paolo may experience devastating water shortages if deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest continues, impacting lives of over twenty million people.

Read: The Amazon effect: how deforestation is starving São Paulo of water

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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