Amazon rainforest Contents 1 Geopolitical Situation 2 Climate

Amazon rainforest

Contents 1. Geopolitical Situation 2. Climate 3. Flora & Fauna 4. Amazon rainforest’s importance 5. Amazon Jungle’s issues

Geopolitical Situation Amazon is a region in South America in the Amazon’s basin inluding Lowland Amazon with parts surrounding it: Guiana Highland Brazylian Highland Ands base

Climate Amazon occurs in the equatorial climate zone, which favors the occurrence of ever-greened rain forest. Average total rainfall during the year is very high, and the daily and seasonal changes in temperature insignificant.

Fauna Blue Brown-throated poison dart Hoatzin Owl butterfly Jaguar Emperor tamarin Howler frog sloth Monkey Amazon fauna is very diverse. In the Amazon forest lives a huge number of animals, often exceptional and unique. There are here mostly small species. The most characteristic animals of the Amazon are numerous species of monkeys. According to the National Academy of Sciences , the typical 10 square kilometers of tropical forest live up to 125 species of mammals, 400 bird species, 100 reptiles, 60 amphibians, and even 150 different species of butterflies.

Flora Orchids - they have a Water-Lily - thewhich strong smell biggest the attractsflower moths, onwhich Lianas– creepers with Amazonian forest is the largest and densest rainforest in the world. To 40 m high rises Planet at 1. 8 m in pollinate them. A strange woody stems. here specific, impenetrable thicket. It consists of numerous trees, shrubs, ferns, vines and someabout cases. them is that thing parasitic. Some trees sometimes reach heights of up to 80 - 90 m. their odour is stronger at night

Flora Ceiba pentandra Rubber tree is. It’s a tropical tree oftree the Swietenia a evergreening order Malvales and the that belongs totree the family Cacao mahagoni To reach the forest floor in many places a small amount of sunlight, which is why the family Malvaceae. The Euphorbiaceae. Fruits of this tree are it’s in high demand, vegetation here is very sparse. It is a kingdom of insects feeding on rotten leaves to 70 and m Ittree is of grows major economic used in production of hard because it provides dead trees. Many plants have aerial roots, which draw water from floating above the importance the (230 ft) withbecause a trunk up chocolate and durable wood, which ground water vapor. The surface of the earth is littered with the milky remains ofextracted dead tolatex 3 m (9. 8 ft)plants. infrom easyis to theisdiameter tree theprocess primary later on with source of natural rubber. buttresses.

Amazon rainforest’s importance • They are called the green lungs of the Earth. The name was obtained through the production of the world's largest amount of oxygen • Absorb the greatest amount of carbon dioxide • Provide water retention, which collect water and store it for a long time • They are the largest ecosystem of the globe • There are many tribes living environment, which failed to reach - isolated tribes

Causes of threat to Amazon rainforest. In order to obtain area for agricultural cultivation and pastures Amazon forest is being cut down. Clearance of the woods is the main income of residents from indigent countries.

Acquiring timber from the most valuable kinds of trees(e. g. rubber plants) in production of furniture. Amazon has been torn with roads, which facilitates the cartage of the timber. As the demand for gold and other high-minded metals is rising, the number of mines increases. Waste remaining from mining spoils natural habitat of many animal spieces.

Outcomes of Amazon Jungle deforestination. • Increase of average air temperature. • Petrubation of water menagement- floods, mudslides. • Annihilation of many, rare spieces of animals and plants. • Lack of biodiversity • Direct finantial costs: - Report has shown, that losses connected to deforestation reach 2000 -5000 billion dollars a year, which is 7% of global PKB.

Cutting of forest and situation of Indians tribes Brazilian National Foundation for the Indian(FUNAI) estimates that Amazon still live in 68 tribes that have no contact with civilization. In order to study the Indian, organization using aircraft and satellites , to avoid contact with them. It is believed that there is more than 30 different languages. That makes Amazon more interesting place. However, hundreds of Indian groups in South America extinct by the processes of colonization , disease , and war workers. Today the biggest threat for those tribes is cutting and civilized humid Amazon forest.

Worldwide operations in favour od Amazon Forest. Numerous ecological organisations are running campaigns against rampant deforestation of Amazon Jungle. By constantly blacking the import of Amazon timber, those organisations contribute to improving the overall situation. They also lead some security programs, which control the exploatation of Amazon forests and encourage to the recultivation of the destroyed areas.

THE END This presentation was made by students from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Lublin (class 1 B) under the leadership of M. Sałgut. Szymon Ratus Dawid Popiołek Kacper Szałacha

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