Amazon Rain Forest
By: Ellen Beard
Its important!
The Amazon Rainforest is very important resource for us. It provides lots of our air that we breath. Some plants in the Amazon is actually where we get the base of our medicine from. For millennia, humans have used insects, plants and other organisms found in the amazon.
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/about_the_amazon/why_amazon_important/
Organizations that help the Rainforest
-Amazon Conservation Association
http://www.amazonconservation.org/
- GreenPeace International
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/10years-amazon-rainforest060509/
- International Rainforest Conservation
Facts
Air
The Amazon rainforest is also known to as the ‘Lungs of the Planet' because it produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen. http://www.onthegotours.com/blog/2012/11/top-10-facts-about-the-amazon-rainforest/
Animals
The Amazon gets so much rain that it sometimes floods, Causing some of the animals to die or get washed out.
Area
The Amazon Rainforest is so large that it goes through nine countries: Brazil, Colombia, Perú, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
Challenges that the Amazon faces
Wildlife
Sometimes the Amazon gets so much rain they it floods, killing several of its animal.
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/problems/
Rainforest
An estimated number of 2,700 million acres of the rainforest are burned each year. http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/problems/
Climate
Sometimes the climate can get so hot it can dry out the rain forest causing the trees to dye or dry out.
https://rainforestrescue.sky.com/amazon-rainforest/threats-amazon
Summary
the Amazon rainforest is very useful to us, but is is slowly going away. The amazon rainforest is very important without it would would have trouble living. The Amazon provides us with important everyday needs.
Learn more about the rainforest here
Website: amazonrainforest.com
Location: Amazon Rainforest Lodge, Iquitos, Peru