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iodiversity of Brazil Rainforest The Brazil rainforest have an amazing diversity of flora and fauna. It's an astounding fact that about more than 33% of all species in the world live in the Brazil Rainforest. Amazon Rainforest is a habitat to about 2.5 million insect species, tens of thousands of plants, and almost 2000 birds and mammals. Till today at least 40,000 plant species, 3,000 fish, 1,294 birds, 378 reptiles, 427 amphibians and 427 mammals, have been identified in this region.

to the vastness of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's average loss of 34,660 square kilometers of primary forest per year between 2000 and 2005 represents only about 0.8 percent of its forest cover. Nevertheless, deforestation in Brazil is one of the most important global environmental issues today. many tropical countries, the majority of deforestation results from the actions of poor subsistence cultivators. However, in Brazil only about one-third of recent deforestation can be linked to "shifted" cultivators. A large portion of deforestation in Brazil can be attributed to land clearing for pastureland by commercial and speculative interests, misguided government policies, inappropriate World Bank projects, and commercial exploitation of forest resources. For effective action it is imperative that these issues be addressed. Focusing solely on the promotion of sustainable use by local people would neglect the most important forces behind deforestation in Brazil.

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here is all about rain forest.

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Here is a small article which mentions some involvement of the Tribes in the Amazon Rainforest.

And while about three-quarters of the greenhouse gases emitted around the world come from power plants, transportation and industrial activity, more than 70 percent of Brazil's emissions comes from deforestation.

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The main river in the Amazon Rainforest is about 4,080 miles long.

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