Amazon Rainforest by https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk Nick did all the work en-us 2018-10-04 20:07:49 UTC 2026-01-03 19:44:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rugbyball.png Amazon Rain-forest 1500903 https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289379501 2018-10-04 20:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289379501 Fact 1 1500903 https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289813595 The Amazon is estimated to have 16,000 tree species and 390 billion individual trees. This is key for the forestry in that area.

]]> 2018-10-05 20:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289813595 Fact 2 1500903 https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289814574 70% of South America's GDP is produced in areas that receive rainfall or water from the Amazon. The Amazon influences rainfall patterns as far away as the United States. 


]]> 2018-10-05 20:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289814574 Fact 3 1500903 https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289815773 The Amazon rainforest is home to 10% of the known species in the world.]]> 2018-10-05 20:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289815773 Fact 5 1500903 https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289816551 The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen.]]> 2018-10-05 20:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289816551 Fact 6 1500903 https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289817138 There are approximately 10 million species of animals, plants and insects known to man and more than half of them call the rainforest home.]]> 2018-10-05 20:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/289817138 Fact 4 1500903 https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/290387916 34 million people live in the Amazon and depend on its resources and scientists estimate that if deforestation rates stay the same, by 2030 a quarter of the Amazon will be without trees. ]]> 2018-10-08 16:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/290387916 Sources 1500903 https://padlet.com/1500903/ehnpzzl4knvk/wish/290389171 http://wwf.panda.org/our_work/forests/deforestation_fronts/deforestation_in_the_amazon/     

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