Deforestation in the Amazon
- It is the largest rain forest in the world.
- It covers Approximately 2.5 million miles.
- Lots of tribes live there.
- 50,000 types of plants have been found by scientists.
- 1500 types of birds have been found by scientists.
- 4 types of big cats have been found
- 2500 types of fish .
- 2000 types of mosquito's
- 1800 types of butterfly's
- The Amazon rain forest provides about 15 % of the world oxygen (Because there are so many trees)
- If it was a country it would be the 9th largest in the world.
- A toucan is the most popular bird that lives there.
- Approximately 2700 million acres of land are burned each year.
- There may be 50 types of tribes living there right now .
- Brazil has 61% of it native forest preserved.
- Using only 27% of its area, Brazil is the biggest exporter of orange juice, sugar, coffee, beef and chicken and the second in soybean and maize.
- Farmers in Brazil produce with no subsidies from govern.
- Farmers in southeast are allowed to use 80% of the land they paid for. They are required to conserve, protect against fire and invasion the remaining 20%, receiving no payment for that.
- Amazon farmers can use 20% of their land and preserve 80%, receiving no payment for that.
- I doubt that a farmer in Iowa would tolerate to be told that he was not allowed to touch 80% of his lands and that nobody would pay him back for leaving it intact. That is our reality.