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ANTIQUE WORLD MAP
Amazon Rainforest
-Tropical Rainforest
- South America
- Accounts for over half of the planets rainforests
Where is it?
- 9 Countries
-About 60% In Brazil
-13% Peru
-10 Columbia
-Remaining area: Venezuela, Ecuador Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname,and French Guiana
Within the Rainforest..
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- Largest Most Diverse
-About 390 Billion Trees
-16,000 Species
The burning season
every year from June to December parts of south America and other country's dry out and becomes a high risk area for forest fires.
most fires caused during the burning season are caused by deforestation for things like farms
this year in the amazon there has been over 100,000 fires detected through august 22
What Comes from the Rainforest
-Medicine
-Oxygen&Carbon
Medicine
121 different drugs are plant based
25% of western pharmaceuticals come from rainforest ingredients
Oxygen&Carbon
6% of the worlds oxygen
With rapid fires burning the release of carbon is adding up in the atmosphere and increasing global warnings affects
why is the forest still on fire
there are multiple new fires being put out every day
up to 4000 fires every 48 hours
rain is set to come in the areas that need it the least
Bolsonaro says Brazil is fighting the wild fires with great success.
how to stop deforestation
a big cause for deforestation is supply and demand. buy from people that use zero deforestation polices.
Go paperless
plant trees
recycle and use recycled products
go vegan
look for FSC on any wood products for sale
work cited
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https://www.mnn.com/family/family-activities/blogs/5-ways-to-stop-deforestation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-amazon-rainforest-fires/2019/08/27/ac82b21e-c815-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amazon-fires-brazil-ban-burning-rainforest-climate-change-jair-bolsonaro-a9088396.html
-http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
-https://www.bustle.com/p/how-much-oxygen-does-the-amazon-rainforest-produce-here-are-the-facts-18705512
-https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-amazon-rainforest-fires/2019/08/27/ac82b21e-c815-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html?noredirect=on
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_rainforest