The first step in deforestation in the amazon is a. logging b. farming c. ranching d. road building

Option A, logging, is the correct answer.

Logging is the skidding, cutting on-site processing, and storing of trees or woods onto wagons or cars. In the context of the forests, this term logging is used to describe the logistics of relocating wood from forests to any other place usually to a factory or a wood yard. This activity of people in Amazon has caused deforestation in the Amazon; cutting or removing trees from the forests to use the land for other non-forest uses. This has been regarded as the first or initial step towards deforestation of the Amazon.

answer; i believe the answer is hydraulic action;