Thursday 15 March 2012

What do we already know about the rainforets?

Amazon Rainforest
  • The Amazon Rainforest is consider to be the world’s largest rainforest.
  • The Amazon Rainforest is located at South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, etc)
  • 10% of the world’s known species live in the Amazon rainforest.
  • 20% of the world’s bird species live in the Amazon rainforest.
  • 40,000 plant species, 3,000 freshwater fish species and more than 370 reptile species exist in the Amazon.
  • More than 30 million people from 350 indigenous and ethnic groups live in the Amazon and depend on nature for agriculture, clothing and traditional medicines.
  • At current deforestation rates, 55% of the Amazon's rainforests could be gone by 2030.

 http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/amazon/index.html
 http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/amazonrainforest.html

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