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Amazon Rainforest By mikayla walls
- 427 mammals, such as jaguars, anteaters, and giant otters.
- 1,300 birds, such as harpy eagles, toucans, and hoatzins.
- 378 reptiles, such as boas.
- More than 400 amphibians, such as dart poison frogs.
- Around 3,000 freshwater fishes, including piranhas.
The Amazon rainforest is the largest remaining tropical forest on our planet. It is home to:
· 1/3 of the world's species;
· 1/4 of the world's freshwater;
· 1/5 of the world's forests;
· 48 billion tons of carbon dioxide in its trees;
· 200 indigenous and traditional communities.
· 1/3 of the world's species;
· 1/4 of the world's freshwater;
· 1/5 of the world's forests;
· 48 billion tons of carbon dioxide in its trees;
· 200 indigenous and traditional communities.
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What kind of rainforest is the Amazon?.............. Page 4
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all about me ............. Page 7
Why protect the Amazon................ Page 3
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Question: why should we protect the amazon rainforest?
- Seventy percent of the plants identified by the U.S. National Cancer Institute as useful in the treatment of cancer only grow in the rainforest.
- Deforestation in forests accounts for 11 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. The Amazon produces 20% of the oxygen we breathe.
- The rainforest has the ability to influence climates and create its own weather due to its vast size.
- Every three days, a ‘new’ species of animal or plant is discovered in the Amazon.
The Amazon contains the single largest tropical rainforest on the planet. Covering about 40% of the South American continent, it spans more than 1.6 billion acres across nine countries. Stretching east from the foothills of the Andes Mountains, the upland glaciers, streams, and wetlands feed the Amazon Rivers that wind all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, creating the world’s largest river basin. The Amazon’s forests and waters make it the most important terrestrial biome on the planet
Question: Why should we protect the amazon rainforets
we need to protect the amazon because Seventy percent of the plants identified by the U.S. National Cancer Institute as useful in the treatment of cancer only grow in the rainforest. Deforestation in forests accounts for 11 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. The Amazon produces 20% of the oxygen we breathe. The rainforest has the ability to influence climates and create its own weather due to its vast size.
Every three days, a ‘new’ species of animal or plant is discovered in the Amazon. The Amazon is essential not only locally for food security, but also globally because it stores 76 billion tons of carbon.
Every three days, a ‘new’ species of animal or plant is discovered in the Amazon. The Amazon is essential not only locally for food security, but also globally because it stores 76 billion tons of carbon.
Glossery
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all about me ............. Page 7
About the Amazon ........................ Page 2
Why protect the Amazon................ Page 3
What kind of rainforest is the Amazon?.............. Page 4
Protect the Amazon ................. Page 5
glossary
all about me ............. Page 7