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Rainforest people - 2 views

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      These are kids that live in the rainforests
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The Rainforest: People, Animals and Facts * KidExplorers™ at ChristianAnswers... - 3 views

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      This is all about the rain forest people
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People of the Amazon | Greenpeace International - 0 views

  • 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.
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People of the Amazon Rainforest - 1 views

  • 10 million
  • today there are less than 250,000 indigenous natives.
  • 215 ethnic groups speaking 170 different languages in an area composing 190 million acres of land – roughly twice the size of California.
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      There are lots of groups but if we destroy the rain forests we wont have them anymore :(
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