Originally Posted By: Barry the Pirate
Originally Posted By: have2cit
Why would a city next to the largest equatorial rainforests on earth require a burn ban?


I saw on some recent PSA that the rainforest is being burned by evil loggers.

Howz this? Where are we? A dry conditions forest?


Rainforest land is cleared in order to use the land for agriculture. The most effective way to clear is clearcut and burning.