This article proposed to give some basic facts of the Amazon Rainforest and then introduce the current status of Amazon Rainforest to the reader. For example, deforestation, the effect of human activity, and endangered ecosystem. Finally, this article aims to call on people to pay attention to the conservation of the nature resource in Amazon Rainforest and take some actions.
Facts of Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest, world's largest remaining natural resource, represents 54% of the total rainforests left on Earth.
It covers an area of 2,5 million square miles, embracing nine South America countries: Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and so on , or two thirds of the South America continent.
Its live force is the Amazon Rinforest, born in the Andean Moutains of Peru, flows for more than 4,000 miles to discharge its waters in the Atlantic ocean near Belem, Brazil. Along the way, it is fed by about 1,100 tributaries.
See a map of the Amazon basin river network.
Current Status of Amazon Rainforest
The main sources of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest are human settlement and development of the land. In the nine years from 1991 to 2000, the total area of Amazon Rainforest cleared rose from 415,000 to 587,000 km²; comparable to Spain, Madagascar or Manitoba. Most of this lost forest has been replaced with pasture for cattle. In February 2008, the Brazilian government announced that the rate at which the Amazon rainforest was being destroyed had been accelerating noticeably during the time of the year that it normally slows.
The main sources of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest are human settlement and development of the land.The Amazon rainforest is also subject to private activities of logging and oil drilling. These practices have seen private companies, often outside of the rule of law, exploit the forest for primary resources.
Animal and plant species that are endangered are ones that are in peril of becoming extinct if measures are not taken to protect them and their habitat. The rainforests of the world and Amazon have so many species of animals and plants; they are most at risk of becoming endangered.
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Facts of Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest, world's largest remaining natural resource, represents 54% of the total rainforests left on Earth.
It covers an area of 2,5 million square miles, embracing nine South America countries: Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and so on , or two thirds of the South America continent.
Its live force is the Amazon Rinforest, born in the Andean Moutains of Peru, flows for more than 4,000 miles to discharge its waters in the Atlantic ocean near Belem, Brazil. Along the way, it is fed by about 1,100 tributaries.
See a map of the Amazon basin river network.
Current Status of Amazon Rainforest
The main sources of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest are human settlement and development of the land. In the nine years from 1991 to 2000, the total area of Amazon Rainforest cleared rose from 415,000 to 587,000 km²; comparable to Spain, Madagascar or Manitoba. Most of this lost forest has been replaced with pasture for cattle. In February 2008, the Brazilian government announced that the rate at which the Amazon rainforest was being destroyed had been accelerating noticeably during the time of the year that it normally slows.
The main sources of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest are human settlement and development of the land.The Amazon rainforest is also subject to private activities of logging and oil drilling. These practices have seen private companies, often outside of the rule of law, exploit the forest for primary resources.
Animal and plant species that are endangered are ones that are in peril of becoming extinct if measures are not taken to protect them and their habitat. The rainforests of the world and Amazon have so many species of animals and plants; they are most at risk of becoming endangered.
Let's save the Rainforest! Please buy a tree or make a donation! Please Click: http://savetheamazonrainforest.com/
What do you think of my blog, Please give your feedback ^^
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