Habitat Destruction by Jose Mendoza Salinas

Protect the Amazon Forest

jmendoz11_1 — 2024-02-13 13:34:14 UTC

Cause of destruction

jmendoz11_1 — 2024-02-13 13:44:08 UTC

The cause of destruction for the Amazon Rainforest is climate change, deforestation, fires, and illegal gold mining.

Organisms that are threatened

jmendoz11_1 — 2024-02-13 13:52:47 UTC

An example of an organism being threatened is the amazon river dolphin. The amazon river dolphin plays an important role in regulating the population of fishes but they're being threatened from habitat loss, hunting, etc.

https://www.gviusa.com/blog/smb-endangered-species-of-the-amazon-rainforest/

The implications of the loss of biodiversity

jmendoz11_1 — 2024-02-13 13:58:19 UTC

Some of the consequences of loss of biodiversity is an increase in greenhouse gas emission which contributes to climate change, a negatively altered water cycle and losing different type of animals and habitats.

https://palotoaamazontravel.com/biodiversity-and-the-amazon-rainforest/#:~:text=These%20consequences%20include%20the%20loss,that%20contribute%20to%20climate%20change.

Organization

jmendoz11_1 — 2024-02-13 14:06:57 UTC

An organization protecting the Amazon forest is the Amazon Conversation. The organization has accomplished things like bringing back lost forests, creating conversation areas and helping manage forest areas.

https://www.amazonconservation.org/what-we-do/protect-wild-places/forests/