There is no unfortunate deforestation.
People who live there take trees down and replace them within the limits of their living grounds.
Some areas are exploited for raw materials by so-called friends countries.
The numbers are made up to look like the agricultural production is to blame.
Just like their private jets.
The mock of a civilization that happened to expand in parts of Amazon were the Aztecs and Maya. Not where we are at, though.
The former were wiped out after centuries of human sacrifices.