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What is it?

Consequences / Effects / Impact

What can be done?

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Deforestation is when people cut down trees for agriculture: soy, beef and palm oil.

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Deforestation is a harmful cause. Causing animals to become endangered and extinct .

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What is deforestation

Deforestation is when humans cut down trees for there own needs, like clearing a forest for agriculture and wood.

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The Amazon used to be perfect but now deforestation has taken over

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Deforestation is a permanent clearing of trees which damages environments and habitats.

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deforestation is a permanent clearing of trees.

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17-20% of the Amazon rainforest has been deforested.

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The Amazon Rainforest is alarming with about 17-20 percent

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Forest the size of France has been lost already.

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human activities are destroying the Amazon rainforest : cutting down trees setting off wildfires. It making specific species and trees .

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Did you know millions of trees are being cut down each year?

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Did you know that there are over 48000 species endangered?

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Over 800 million trees in the Amazon have been lost purely due to one thing : Cattle Ranching . Cattle ranching is where people chop down trees to support global beef exports .

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Over 10,000 species in the Amazon have lost their homes due to deforestation! Because of deforestation animals have lost their homes food and even their lives !

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Over 25million acres of trees are being cut down a year this can be harmful to the species that live in that area and some animals may even go extinct because of deforestation.

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We are losing 5 football pitches of forest in the Amazon alone every minute!

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Deforestation can affect the Amazon by many species going extinct as their homes are being destroyed. Tribes are struggling as well due to the trees they use for food and many other things are being cut down.

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Over 40% of deforestation occurs in Brazil

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promoting agriculture, enforcing and making new laws about deforestation, empowering indigenous people can help stop the Amazon being burned down.

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To help environments from deforestation Governments are protecting land making sure they don’t get burnt down.

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To stop deforestation, you can recycle more items, and stop using palm oil products

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Deforestation could make the Amazon into a savanna, affecting rainfall patterns.

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Deforestation could make the Amazon turn into a savanna, affecting rainfall patterns.

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Deforestation is when human activity use all of trees for there own needs like houses, paper ,and more .

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The Amazons deforestation is mainly driven by cattle ranching, soy farming, logging and mining

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The Amazon Rainforest is being burned down to make more room for cows. A staggering 80% of the Amazon Rainforests deforestation has been to make more room for cattle!

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Did you know, the Amazon has lost of 20 percent of the forest since the early 19700s

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Length

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Size of basin

Number of Species

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South America

Second longest river after the Nile

Flows through 7 countries like Peru,Colombia and Brazil into the Atlantic

Has other small rivers called tributaries.

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Largest river in the world, approximately 20% of the world’s river flow!

It is 4,000 miles (6,400 km) long.

Flows through Peru, Colombia Brazil and other countries towards the Atlantic.

It is the the second longest after the Nile (in Egypt).

more freshwater than any other river.

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Second largest river in the world.

Flows through Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, and Brazil🇧🇷.

Stretches for 4000 miles.

Some sources believe that this river may be longer than the River Nile!

Holds immense biodiversity and is surrounded by the largest tropical rainforest in the world!

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The Amazon river holds approximately 38% of the worlds river water

Has the most water of any river in the world.

20% of the world’s freshwater.

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Amazon basin covers approximately 7 million square kilometres

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The Amazon river holds 200,000 litres of fresh water

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1,100 tributaries 17 of these being more than 900 miles long

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Did you know it discharges 20% of the worlds fresh water into oceans .

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It carries more fresh water then all of the seven biggest rivers combined!

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The Amazon river flows through 9 countries : Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Venezuelan, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana , Suriname and French Guiana.

It stretches 7062km in length.

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The Amazon river starts at Peru and ends in the Atlantic Ocean

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Located in South America, flowing from the Andes Mountains in Peru east across Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean, forming the massive basin and rainforest ecosystem

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20% of the world's water.

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4,000 miles (6,400 km),

some sources suggest it might be longer than the Nile.

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Did you know the Amazon river is the world’s largest freshwater source by volume ?

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The Amazon river is 145 million years old.

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Approximately 20 to 50 metres deep

Can reach up to 100 metres or 120 metre deep .

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It starts in the Andes Mountains in Peru and empties into the Atlantic Ocean

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Hosts to immense biodiversity : millions of insects & thousands of fish)

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The basin is 900 miles long.

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Did you know the Amazon River is 6400km (approximately 4,000 miles)?

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Largest by water volume,

second longest (after Nile),

approx 20% of the world's freshwater into oceans.

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Approximately 4000 miles long.

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The world’s largest river by volume and the world’s second longest river by length

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Andes mountains flowing east crossing South America, emptying in the Atlantic Ocean .

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Flows from the Andes mountains in Peru into the Atlantic Ocean

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The Amazon River is the largest (by volume) carrying more water than the 7 largest rivers.

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Did you know the amazon rainforest consists of 40,000 species of trees.

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Over 400 billion trees live in the Amazon rainforest!

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In the Amazon there is 16,000 tree types and 40000 species of plants

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There are an estimated 16,000 different types of tree species; there are still many undiscovered species yet to be discovered!

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Did you know there is 40,000 - 80,000 species of plants in The Amazon including :kapok and magerphory tree.

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Most plants provide many natural medicine, which requires pharmaceutical research

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The medicine cats claw comes from a Amazonian vine which was traditionally used to cure arthritis but today it is used to cure stomach ulcers and immune system boosting.

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Without the Amazon the world would barely have any medicine your probably wondering medicine, trees in the Amazon produce a lot of medicine and have saved millions of lives

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The walking palm tree slowly walks on stilted roots to reach sunlight. This odd tree creates the illusion it’s walking by growing new roots and shedding old one to reach a destination(which is normally sunlight).

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The sandbox is a unique kind of tree also known as the monkeye no climb tree.This tree has millions of spikes over its trunk. But be carful because it has a toxic sap that if you come in contact with it , it could cause vomiting ,direah and blindness if it gets in your eye. Also known as the Dynamite tree , its seeds at the top of the tree can blow up at any second.

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The rubber tree, this tree is most known for its natural rubber source and milky laxet but slowly gets eaten by insects, fungi and bacteria.

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Cinchona (a tree in the Amazon ), is used for malaria . It saved millions of lives in the 17th century when it cured many illnesses.Did you know it can treat cancer as well ?

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The Lapacho tree is known as the “tree of life”, and is famous for its inner bark. People have used this to strengthen their immune system.

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The Amazon palm tree is one of the most common tree species and is significantly abundant . Furthermore, this means it is crucial for the hydrological cycle .

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The Kapok tree(a tree in the Amazon)contains fibres nuts and fruits to eat.Did you know some trees can provide medicine?

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The Amazon Rainforest is home to iconic Victoria Amazonia, or giant water lily, famous for its massive, floating circular leaves (up to 3m wide) that can support significant weight thanks to ribbed.

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Giant Victoria water lily

Natural wonder of the world. It is the largest of the water lilys at 3m wide. It can hold a small child

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approx 40,000 plant species

3,000 fish species

1,300 bird species

427 different mammals

378 different reptiles

400 amphibians

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The pitcher plant traps small insect in a cylinder shaped ball of leaves which contain sweet nectar that puts the insect in a deep sleep. Then, it slowly digest its prey until it’s completely gone.

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the cat claw is a woody vine thats bark can be made into a tea.

When drunk ,the tea can relieve aches and fever as well as curing ulcers in the stomach. It is also said that that it can help slowing down dementia.

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Home to 3 thousand fresh water fish and fascinating river creatures: pink river dolphins, predatory piranhas, electric eels, etc.

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The drip tip leaves are pointed leaves that stop fungi and bacteria from growing on the plant they are very common in the Amazon

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Orange yellow hibiscus

They thrive in sunny tropical environments. They are known

for their vibrant colours usually consisting of bright yellows and oranges which are produced by caro pigments.

They do better in heat than other pigments.

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Farmers are adding fertile soils to the Amazon ground such as charcoal and pottery shards,to give it an organic matter.

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The electric eel is the strongest predator in the river.

Grow up to 8 ft long

3 electric organs that create bolts of electricity (up to 860 volts).

Used to hunt and defend.

An apex predator.

To breathe, they swim to the top and gulp air.

Nocturnal and have poor eyesight.

Part of the knifefish family