Amazon's Present Situation

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Amazon’s Present Situation

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has about 40% of the world’s rainforest and is the world's largest. Its rainforest stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the tree line of the Andes in the west.

The Amazon often is referred to as the "Earth's lungs" because of the massive quantities of carbon dioxide the rainforests absorb from the atmosphere. Unfortunately, studies show that the Amazon could disappear by the year 2020 with more than two million hectares of Amazon rainforest being cleared every year for timber and farming land, as well as accidental fire damages.

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The Amazon contains most of the biodiversity on earth, with 50% of the entire planet’s land-based animal and plant species depending on the Amazon rainforest for their survival. There are more plant species in one hectare in the Amazon than the whole of Europe and over 200 species of trees can be found on one hectare of the Amazon. Moreover, twenty million people, including countless indigenous nations, call the Amazon their home. The lives of these human beings and the plant and animal species are ...

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