The Amazon Forest is Disappearing

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The Amazon Forest is Disappearing

Nine countries share the Amazon rain forest: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Suriname. The Amazon forest is the largest rain forest ecosystem of the world (Brazil picks Amazon site for sustainable logging, 1998), with 5.5 million square kilometers (The Rape of the Amazon), where also live peasants and indigenous people.

The Amazon forest is source of great biodiversity and goods, which is really important for human being. It contains the “biggest and richest primeval forest in the world” and it represents more than 50% of the world’s rainforest, according to The Rape of the Amazon. The Amazon forest is “the most powerful and bio-actively diverse natural phenomenon of the planet” (Taylor). Plant diversity, as well as animal diversity, is very important for human being because there are many species we can use for our own benefit (Tuxill & Bright, 1998). It is source of essential genes for crops and livestock, pollination, biological control, cleaning water and regeneration of soil (Tuxill & Bright, 1998). Biodiversity includes genes, species and ecosystems.

However, thousand of hectares are being destroyed every year by shifting cultivation and logging companies. According to Taylor, the Amazon deforestation is around 20,000 square miles a year, which means an increase of more than three times since 1994.

BACKGROUND

The Amazon forest gives to human being several benefits. If we use the forest appropriately we can have an enormous source of timber and non-timber products for long period of time. Biodiversity is essential for human existence Forest products are important not only for industries but also for the communities who live aroun...

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