At www.mongabay.com/brazil.html, we find an interesting website with basic but useful information about development in the Brazilian Amazon. The author details the main causes of deforestation by industry and includes a section about the role of roads in the process of deforestation. This website is particularly interesting because it goes over economic, historical, and even cultural reasons why Brazil has embraced a development approach towards the Amazon. The website belongs to Rhett Ayers Butler, a man who has completed research in Rainforests across the world. He does cite many academic journals for his data, which means he is a trustworthy source. The website has plenty of basic information on tropical forests across the world such as Borneo, Congo, New Guinea, etc.