Habitat Destruction leaves many species without a place to live, forcing them to move to new areas that they may not be adapted to; as they move into new areas, they may upset the ecological balance of that area or make the area overcrowded
Habitat Destruction in the Amazon Rainforest
Deforestation, wildfire, and flooding may cause habitat loss in the Amazon; deforestation may occur for logging, cattle ranching, or cash crop industries
Since 1978 over 750,000 square kilometers (289,000 square miles) of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana. Vast areas of rainforest were felled for cattle pasture and soy farms, drowned for dams, dug up for minerals, and bulldozed for towns and colonization projects (Amazon Destruction).