Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
WEBThe Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [2] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. [3]
Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, & Deforestation
WEB6 days ago · Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological …
Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon Has Reached a Record High.
WEBAug 24, 2022 · Scientists warn that the world’s largest rain forest is approaching a critical tipping point past which there could be severe, irreversible consequences for the planet.
Brazil: Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years - BBC
WEBNov 19, 2021 · Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, official data shows. A report by Brazil's space research agency (Inpe) found that deforestation...
The Amazon Rainforest - National Geographic Society
WEBThe Amazon Rainforest. Occupying much of Brazil and Peru, and also parts of Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela, the Amazon River Basin is the world’s largest drainage system.
Amazon Rainforest | The Nature Conservancy
WEBWhile the Amazon rainforest is one of the most important places on Earth, it is also one of the most threatened. Brazil has already lost 20% of its rainforest to deforestation, making the country one of world’s biggest contributors to …
Brazil's Amazon: Deforestation 'surges to 12-year high' - BBC
WEBNov 30, 2020 · Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has surged to its highest level since 2008, the country's space agency (Inpe) reports. A total of 11,088 sq km (4,281 sq miles) of rainforest...
Amazon Deforestation and Climate Change - National …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Destruction of the rain forest in Brazil has decreased from about 19,943 square kilometers (7,700 square miles) per year in the late 1990s to about 5,180 square kilometers (2,000 square miles) per year now.
The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the ... - Nature
WEBDec 21, 2020 · Brazil is under national and international pressure to re-establish control of illegal activities in Amazonia. At the national level, former environment ministers, environmentalists, business ...
Amazon | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
WEBSquirrel monkey in Amapá, Brazil. The Amazon contains millions of species, most of them still undescribed, and some of the world's most unusual wildlife. It is one of Earth's last refuges for jaguars, harpy eagles, and pink river dolphins, and …