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Aylie Fucella

People of the Amazon | Greenpeace International - 0 views

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  • The Brazilian Amazon alone is home to 20 million people including 400 different indigenous groups and the future of the Amazon depends on the future of those that call the forest home.
  • It provides almost everything from food and shelter to tools and medicines, as well as playing a crucial role in people's spiritual and cultural life.
  • As logging companies move in, indigenous people are losing their traditional territory. Some indigenous people, such as the Deni living in a remote area of Brazil's Amazonas state, are working not only to protect their culture, but the forest and the diversity of life upon which they depend.
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  • use 32 plant species in the construction of hunting equipment alone. Each plant has a specific role according to its physical and chemical properties.
  • Manaus is the commercial centre of the Amazon region with a population of almost two million.
  • Aylie Fucella on 05 Jun 12
     
    looks cool ANGUS
Sarah Herten

BBC - Bruce Parry's Amazon - About The Journey - Cowboys and Land-grab - 0 views

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  • Emily Kaaresmaa on 03 Jun 12
     
    Bruce mucked in at a cattle ranch near Altamira, wrestling cows, inoculating calves, and having a brave (some might say foolish) attempt at rodeo. Cattle farming is big business in the Amazon - there are three times more cattle in the legal Amazon than there are people (64 million in 2003), and ranching is on the increase. It's a profitable enterprise because land prices are so low: pasture in the Amazon was five times lower than land around Sao Paolo in 2000. Most cattle produced are eaten elsewhere in Brazil, not locally in the Amazon, and Brazil is the world's top exporter, shipping over $3 billion worth of beef in 2006 and supplying nearly every country, including the UK. Cattle-ranching is a major factor in the deforestation of the Amazon. Most ranches are highly mechanised, and employ on average one person per 400 acres. Ranching may increase further in the future with the World Bank considering a loan of $90 million to increase beef capacity in Para - the Brazilian state of the eastern Amazon.
Eliza Ward

Ecotourism - Helping the Rain forest be safe - 0 views

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ecotourism Eco-Tour Eco-Tourism future awairness well-trained-guides benefits howithelps now-are-protecting protected

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  • The money from the tourists can help sustain many local people in conservation-oriented work. The local people further protect the environment because their livelihood now so closely depends on the health of the ecosystem.
  • Guides are well trained and learn a lifestyle that is good for the environment and they pass these ideals on to their children, friends, and neighbors.
Eliza Ward

Ecotourism- The most valuable use of rainforest - 2 views

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Eco-Tour Eco-Tourism rainforest valuable a-valuable-use protecting protected developement future

shared by Eliza Ward on 04 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • ecotourism hugely outweighs the carbon emissions from air, boat and bus travel
  • Ever since the word ecotourism was coined in the 1980s, it's been touted as the best way for tourists to see fragile, pristine or protected places with minimal environmental impact.
  • 'The good news is that ecotourism lodges make money, which locals use to buy up more land to build their businesses, thereby further protecting pristine rainforest
  • Eliza Ward on 04 Jun 12
     
    This article gives examples and facts explaining that Eco-Tourism is the most valuable way to use the rainforest benefiting people (tourist) and the environment
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