In some cases, deforestation can be beneficial. Given the right mix of social needs, economic opportunities, and environmental conditions, it can be a rational conversion from one type of land use to a more productive one. It can lead to highways of communication being created. Minerals that bring a country much needed capital can be used to create a better life for the peoples of that country. In the long term these activities may be fuelling Brazil's advance into a major trading power. These are far reaching and all encompassing effects. …
