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johanna Velasquez

Brazil Rainforest!!! - 6 views

BRAZIL Brazil Forest Figures Forest Cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total forest area: 477,698,000 ha % of land area: 57.2% Primary f...

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Marvin Vigil

Amazon Rainforest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The Amazon rainforest (Brazilian Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica or Amazonia), also known as Amazonia, or the Amazon jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres), of which five and a half million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres) are covered by the rainforest.
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  • This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, and with minor amounts in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. States or departments in four nations bear the name Amazonas after it. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world.
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    here is all about rain forest.
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amanda romero

Why is the Amazon Rainforest Disappearing? - 0 views

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    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.
johanna Velasquez

Amazon Deforestation - 0 views

The government of Brazil has unveiled a plan to slow deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by more than 70 percent between 2008 and 2018-a move that will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions signi...

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Marvin Vigil

Rain Forest Prezi - 0 views

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