2. The amazon forest is located in the upper
section of Brazil south of the Equator. It is also
found in different other countries including,
Peru, Boliva, Equador and French Guinea. It
covers averagely 40 percent of South America
3. Biodiversity
The region is home to about 2.5 million insect
species, tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000
birds and mammals. To date, at least 40,000 plant
species, 2,200 fishes,1,294 birds, 427 mammals, 428
amphibians, and 378 reptiles have been scientifically
classified in the region.
Giant Leaf Frog Blue Poison Dart Frog Green Anaconda
5. Deforestation
Overall, 20% of the Amazon rainforest has been
“transformed” (deforested) and another 6% has
been “highly degraded”, causing Amazon Watch to
warn that the Amazonia is in the midst of a tipping
point crisis.
6. Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to
non-forested areas. The main sources of
deforestation in the Amazon are human settlement
and the development of the land.In 2018, about 17%
of the Amazon rainforest was already destroyed.
Research suggests that upon reaching about 20–25%
(hence 3–8% more), the tipping point to flip it into a
non-forest ecosystem – degraded savannah – (in
eastern, southern and central Amazonia) will be
reached.
8. There have been 72,843 fires in Brazil in 2019, with
more than half within the Amazon region.In August
2019 there were a record number of
fires.Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose
more than 88% in June 2019 compared with the
same month in 2018.
9.
10. Value of the rainforest,
globally and to the country
GLOBALLY
Medicinal plants = medical remedies
Ecotourism (Avoid people to damaged the environment)
Biodiversity (The largest amount of living organisms in the world
e.g. we found half of the world's species of plants, animals and
microorganisms approximatively 10 million different species )
Financial (e.g. making of paper = trade around the world, farming
and food production at least 80% of the developed world's diet )
Photosynthesis produce oxygen for the world (20% of the oxygen of
the world is coming from the Amazon)
COUNTRY
Home to Indigenous (tribes are living there since generations)
Ameridians.
11. Value of the rainforest,
globally and to the country
GLOBALLY
Medicinal plants = medical remedies
Ecotourism (Avoid people to damaged the environment)
Biodiversity (The largest amount of living organisms in the world
e.g. we found half of the world's species of plants, animals and
microorganisms approximatively 10 million different species )
Financial (e.g. making of paper = trade around the world, farming
and food production at least 80% of the developed world's diet )
Photosynthesis produce oxygen for the world (20% of the oxygen of
the world is coming from the Amazon)
COUNTRY
Home to Indigenous (tribes are living there since generations)
Ameridians.
12. Conservation efforts
Amazon education, make aware people of the importance of
the forest ( from school)
Replant trees
Ecotourism
Sustainable rainforest product. The real solution to saving
the rainforest is to make its inhabitants see the forest and the
trees by creating a consumer demand and consumer markets
for these sustainable rainforest products.
Organizations
