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Office of the President of Brasil

Amazon Rainforest

The Case for Saving the Amazon Rainforest

What is a rainforest?

Rainforests are very dense

(crowded), warm , wet

forests. They are a living

place for millions of plants

and animals. ��

Where is it?

• The Amazon rainforest is located in South America in parts of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

How big is it?

• Over 2,123,562 square miles!
• Equal to the size of the continental United States!

The Amazon River

• The Amazon River runs through the heart of the rainforest.
• At 4,007 miles it is the 2nd longest river in the world.
• BUT, by amount of water… it is the world’s #1.

The Amazon River is an important part of Brazil’s economy… allowing for easy trade and transportation around the country.

Biodiversity

Even though the Amazon rainforest only takes up 3.5% of the Earth’s land it is home to one in ten (10%) of all the known species in the world! 

2.5 million insects 40,000 plants

2,200 fish 1,294 birds

427 mammals 378 reptiles

428 amphibians

The largest collection of species in the world! That’s…

Rainforest Ecosystem

At different layers of the Amazon rainforest different species live and interact.

Indigenous People

Over 500,000 people in about 200 different ORIGINAL tribes live traditional lives in the Amazon rainforest

Benefits of the Amazon Rainforest

• 20% of the world’s oxygen is produced by the trees of the Amazon
• Currently, 121 prescription drugs (medicine) currently sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources
• 70% of the plants identified as having anti-cancer characteristics by the US National Cancer Institute are found only in the tropical rainforest

The periwinkle plant helps make one of the most powerful cancer fighting medicines.

Foods of the Amazon Rainforest

• At least 80% of the developed world's food diet originated in the tropical rainforest.
• Fruits like avocados, coconuts, figs, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, bananas, guavas, pineapples, mangos and tomatoes;
• Vegetables including corn, potatoes, rice, winter squash and yams;
• Spices like black pepper, cayenne, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, sugar cane, turmeric, coffee and vanilla
• Nuts including Brazil nuts and cashews.

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Amazon Rainforest

The amazon has over 1,100 tributaries, some 1,000 miles long. ... also contains saltwater species- dolphins, stingrays, and sponges. ... – powerpoint ppt presentation.

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• Emergent Layer- Highest level of the Rainforest
• Brightest layer receiving the most sunlight
• Worlds finest Natural Aviary
• Home to nearly 1/3 of the planets bird species including hummingbirds and eagles. Bats, monkeys, and butterflies also seek food, shelter, and protection from predators.
• Canopy Layer- directly beneath the Emergent Layer
• Consists of a thick branching system with vines and limbs creating a natural umbrella
• Absorbs ultra-violet rays from the sun protecting the plant and animal species beneath.
• Many Epiphytic Plants like Orchids and Bromeliads, grow here.
• Home to many animal species- butterflies, tree frogs, sloth, jaguars, toucans, parrots, and monkeys
• Understory Layer- directly beneath Canopy Layer
• Growth- very dense, entwined with vines, shrubs, and broadleaf trees.
• Provides camouflage for species who cross over with Canopy Layer.
• The leaves of trees, avg. height of 12 ft, compensate for lack of sunlight.
• Bats, owls, tree frogs, and a wide variety of insects live here.
• Forest Floor- ground layer
• Very dark, almost no sunlight reaches layer.
• Quality of soil is very poor and few plants grow here.
• Rich in microorganisms as well as snakes such as Anaconda, lizards, beetles, Giant Anteaters, and Termites.
• Lie in the intertropical convergence zone
• The rainforest receives constant sunlight 12 hrs. a day 365 days per year.
• Due to the constant solar energy the temperature is warm year round, usually 72-93 F.
• Rainforests are subject to heavy rainfall, 80 inches and in some areas 430 inches per year.
• Equatorial regions may not have differentiated wet and dry seasons.
• Seasonal forests may slightly differentiate with seasons. Even during the dry season the clouds sustain the air moisture to prevent the plants from drying out.
• Creates intense humidity. Each canopy tree transpiring roughly 200 galloons per year.
• The constant rainfall results in evergreen forests- keeping their leaves year round.
• 30 of the planets species live in the rainforest
• 40 of Earth's oxygen is produced here
• Within a four mile square area of a tropical rainforest, you would find
• Over 750 species of trees
• 1500 different kinds of flowering plants
• The Amazon Rainforest is home to 2.5 million insect species and 2000 birds and mammals.
• Currently there are at least 3,000 fish, 1,294 birds, 427 mammals, 427 amphibians, and 378 reptiles species.
• One in five of all birds in the world live in the Amazon rainforest.
• Macaw- most common, gathers by clay cliffs and feeds on minerals to protect themselves from toxins in seeds.
• Frogs are most abundant amphibians in the rainforest.
• Live in the trees and lay eggs in vegetation or the ground.
• Colored poison dart arrow frog- best
• well-known, secrete intense toxins from
• glands on their backs.
• The Amazon Basin contains the largest number of freshwater fish species in the world.
• The Amazon has over 1,100 tributaries, some 1,000 miles long.
• Tambaqui- fish in the Amazon that are important for dispersing seeds.
• The Pirarucu- one of the world's largest freshwater fish reaching up to 16 ft in length.
• Also contains saltwater species- dolphins, stingrays, and sponges.
• Over 90 of the animal species in Amazon are insects
• Scientists estimate 30 of animal biomass of Amazon is ants
• Spixs Macaw- Worlds rarest bird.
• Dark blue head, blue body, green belly, a black mask, and yellow eyes.
• Has always been rare, living in palm groves and river edges in Brazil.
• The specie has dramatically declined due to deforestation, the importation of Africanized bees (invaded the hollows of trees and killed breeding individuals), and over collection of humans.
• In 1987 only four birds remained in the wild
• In 2000 the species became extinct in the
• wild when last individual disappeared in Brazil.
• Captive population is roughly 68.
• Each day at least 80,000 acres of forest disappear, and another 80,000 are degraded
• As these forests fall, more carbon is added to the atmosphere, climactic conditions are further altered, and more topsoil is lost to erosion.
• deforestation rates increased 8.5 from 2000-2005
• The Cause farming, mining operations, logging, some forests are being burned to make charcoal to power industrial plants, urban expansion
• At the current rate of destruction, it is estimated that the last remaining rainforests could be destroyed in less than 40 years.
• Rainforests have many uses in the medical field
• One in four pharmaceuticals comes from a plant in the tropical rainforests
• 1,400 rainforest plants are believed to offer cures for cancer
• many of the plants are sources for new drugs for AIDS, diabetes, arthritis, and Alzheimer's. Quinine, muscle relaxants, steroids, and caner drugs have already been discovered.
• Although 25 of all drugs are derived from rainforest ingredients, scientists have tested only 1 of tropical plants.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Rainforest
• http//rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/
• http//www.blueplanetbiomes.org/amazon.htm
• http//www.amazonrainforest.org/
• http//www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/So uth_America/
• http//www.leslietaylor.net/gallery/gallery.htm
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A925913
• http//www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,133 69,1597398,00.html

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Are you learning about the Amazon rainforest? This product includes a teaching PPT and fun activities that will really help children learn about the different layers of the rainforest, the animals and plants that can be found in the Amazon and how the animals and plants have adapted to life in the Amazon rainforest.

This product also includes activities for students with special educational needs and those that are learning English as an additional language, allowing them to access the curriculum at their own level.

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14 slide informational power point differentiated reading comprehension x 2 cut and paste vocabulary activity place the animals in the correct layer cut and paste activity choice of writing activities:

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Make an Amazon Rainforest Layers vocabulary book - colour and b/w version Picture word cards to use with activities Reading comprehension x 2 differentiated Match words and picture cards Mixed up sentences - match to picture Writing frames with word bank x 2 Word search and label activity Colour and label activity

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A power point detailing each layer - the animals and plants that thrive there and how they have adapted.

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CHAPTER 6. Culture and demographics defines the Pan Amazon’s present

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• The dynamics unfolding across the Pan Amazon have been centuries in the making, with drivers of deforestation and ecosystem degradation evolving as a result of social and economic change.
• A colonial focus on resource exploitation, development policies and migration as well as the resistance of Indigenous peoples have transformed the Amazon.
• Latin America’s repeated failure to capitalize on the inherent advantages of its natural and human capital has been blamed on economic mismanagement, endemic corruption, entrenched inequality, legal insecurity and market cycles that undermine periodic attempts at reform.

Infrastructure investments, agricultural production systems, land speculation and the exploitation of mineral resources have all been identified as drivers of deforestation and hydrological degradation in the Pan Amazon. These forces do not act in isolation, but are the consequence of people who act within cultural spaces defined by history and circumstance. Farmers, ranchers, miners, urban elites and the blue-collar workforce are all people pursuing their individual economic interests. Politicians respond to citizens’ demands for economic growth, job creation and an improved standard of living, while businesspeople seek to make a profit and increase their shareholders’ net worth. By necessity or design, people make decisions with extremely short horizons and are usually forced to choose among a limited number of options determined by public policies and market exigencies.

The current state of the Pan Amazon is product of a complex dynamic that has evolved over centuries. Paramount is the resiliency of its Indigenous cultures, which have withstood the onslaught of colonial and republican exploitation, particularly the events of a rubber boom (1879–1912) and the nationalist development policies of the last half of the twentieth century, when governments adopted policies specifically designed to populate and transform their Amazonian provinces. Migration has radically transformed the Amazon, creating a population that is highly dependent on the conventional economy and global commodity markets. Although the development policies that transformed the region after 1970 were largely focused on rural production strategies, internal migration has led to a concentration of people – and talent – in the region’s rapidly growing urban centers.

Economic and development policies originate in capital cities governed by political and financial elites responding to demographic and macroeconomic phenomena that are mostly beyond their control. Domestic politics are more often reactive than strategic, and when they do have a strategic focus, it is usually based on conventional ways of thinking or heavily influenced by vested interests. International institutions influence these policies through development assistance and investment finance, as well as advice provided by legions of development experts. Sometimes this expertise is astute, but too often it is flavored by cultural bias and economic perspectives derived from an ever-changing interpretation of historical events and economic theory.

Over the past half century, governing philosophies have swung across the political spectrum, ranging from authoritarian regimes espousing economic nationalism to liberal democracies seeking to integrate national economies into global markets. Latin America seems always to be on the verge of a development breakout — but it never actually materializes. The failure to capitalize on the inherent advantages of the region’s natural and human capital has been ascribed to economic mismanagement, endemic corruption, entrenched inequality, legal insecurity and market cycles that undermine periodic attempts at reform.

The original economic strategy of European colonial powers was based on the exploitation of the Amazon’s natural resources. This extractive model was inherited by nation states that complemented it with an emphasis on national sovereignty. The importance of sovereignty was accentuated during the first rubber boom, when competition altered international boundaries and reinforced distrust of foreign powers. The fear of foreign dominance is a legacy of a shared colonial past and dubious investment schemes concocted by international holding companies preying on the needs of sovereign states.

Mistrust may have been reinforced by the US military during the Second World War, when it installed an independent logistical system to ensure the supply of rubber. It was most certainly strengthened during the Cold War, when the United States meddled in the internal affairs of Latin American countries. It would eventually manifest itself in Brazil as a paranoid conspiracy theory that the Amazon would be declared an international park under the guidance of the United Nations. The fear of neocolonialism extends to multinational corporations, which are viewed with suspicion, and is reflected in an international treaty that effectively prohibits research by pharmaceutical companies targeting the biodiversity of the Amazon.

Each nation has a unique story. Brazil and Bolivia have aggressively expanded their agricultural frontiers, motivated by cultures that lionize pioneers and policies that support private initiative. Colombia and Peru have experienced civil unrest and extreme violence that inhibited their ability to develop their Amazonian hinterlands. Peace, even if imperfect, increased migration and settlement. Venezuela has over-invested in oil production, which inadvertently suppressed development options that might have brought change to the Amazon.

The opposite occurred in Ecuador, where investment in oil stimulated both migration and agricultural development. Suriname and Guyana have essentially ignored their forest interior, choosing instead to focus on the exploitation of their mineral resources. French Guiana is an appendage of its former colonizer and has little motivation to develop its forest resources.

Banner Image: The communities of Ribeirinho, on the main course of the Amazon and Solimões rivers, between Iquitos and Belém, trace their demographic history to ethnic groups. Credit: © Thiago Orsi Laranjeiras, Shutterstock.

“A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” is a book by Timothy Killeen and contains the author’s viewpoints and analysis. The second edition was published by The White Horse in 2021, under the terms of a Creative Commons license ( CC BY 4.0 ).

To read earlier chapters of the book, find Chapter One here , Chapter Two here , Chapter Three here , Chapter Four here and Chapter Five here .

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