Answer:
Brazil:
- Slash-and-burn agriculture (roca) and clearing of forest for cultivation and cattle ranching.
- Large-scale logging for timber and the cutting of trees for fuel and for the paper industry.
- Mining, building of roads and railways, and the growth of cities in the Amazon basin.
- Forest fires and illegal smuggling of wildlife; pollution and the spread of settlements along new highways.
India:
- Cutting of trees for fuel, timber and grazing of a very large cattle population.
- Shifting cultivation and forest fires, especially in the hill and tribal areas.
- Mining, quarrying, construction of dams and roads, and the expansion of cities and industry.
- Encroachment on forest land and neglect of afforestation; pollution and disease also damage forests.