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WHY IS THE

AMAZON
FOREST IMPORTANT?

The world’s largest rainforest affects the global

climate, and its diversity of plants and animals is
without equal.
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The Amazon rainforest is a vast tract of Why has there been so many

largely untamed jungle that is Earth’s
wildfires in the Amazon recently?
most biodiverse region, filled with plants

and trees and teeming with animals of all Fires break out every year in the Amazon

types and sizes — including many rainforest, often accidentally during the

unknown to science. dry months of September and October.

But satellite photographs show that many

It is also the world's largest rainforest, fires in the Brazilian portion of the

spanning more than 2 million square miles rainforest were set deliberately to clear

in northern South America, mainly in Brazil land.

but also in parts of Peru, Colombia and

six other nations. It’s called a rainforest What are the risks of
because of its rainy conditions. deforestation?

But though it has existed for 50 million Scientists who study the Amazon worry

years, the Amazon rainforest is now under that deforestation could bring the

threat from human activities, including rainforest to an ecological “tipping

devastating fires set to clear acreage for point” at which the entire ecosystem

ranching and agriculture as well as the collapses. That could cripple regional

mining of oil and gas, copper, iron and economies and cause the loss of many

gold. indigenous species.

The rainforest contributes about $8.2 The rainforest brings rainfall across South

billion a year to Brazil's economy from America, and much of the continent

products including rubber and timber.In would become hotter and drier if large

recent months, the Amazon region has portions of it were to be destroyed. The

been hit by thousands of fires that shift to a more arid climate would

collectively have cleared more than 7,400 devastate the vast agricultural areas

square miles of rainforest in Brazil. farther south; parts of South America

Scientists say the recent spate of fires would become effectively unlivable.

reverses a long trend toward fewer fires

and less deforestation.

"The decline of the Amazon rainforest could also affect the global climate,

although scientists are unsure exactly how. At the least, rainfall patterns

across North America, Europe and Africa would change. "

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Despite some media reports to the contrary, Given the vast numbers of plants and

scientists say the loss of the Amazon animals that live there, the Amazon

rainforest wouldn’t dangerously limit sources rainforest is of incalculable biological and

of breathable oxygen. The oxygen created ecological value. It’s home to about 390

by vegetation in the rainforest is largely billion trees and more than 16,000 plant

consumed by the animals living there. Most species and millions of animal species.

of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere was

created over millions of years This is the richest place on our planet, from

by microscopic ocean plants called the billions of years of evolution of life

phytoplankton. before humans were around. It’s one of the

great libraries of nature on Earth.

What is the Amazon rainforest's

ecological significance? Among the animals that live in the rainforest

are some of the world’s rarest and most

The Amazon rainforest stores a huge

colorful birds; hundreds of monkey species;

amount of carbon in its vegetation and soil.

giant cats like jaguars and black panthers.

If the burning of vegetation released all that

It’s also home to crocodiles, lizards, giant

carbon into the atmosphere, efforts to limit

snakes like the anaconda and rare pink river

climate change by cutting down on carbon

dolphins.All of these species and thousands

dioxide emissions from motor vehicles and

more could be lost if the Amazon rainforest

industrial processes would become pointless

were to collapse.
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VOCABULARY
HIGHLIGHT
1. A vast tract of sth: phần lớn diện tích của… 15. The risk of sth (n): nguy cơ, mối nguy hại
Eg: a vast tract of the forest has been burnt down Eg: Consuming fast food increases the risk of
2. Untamed (adj): hoang dã, chưa bị thuần hoá obesity
(đồng nghĩa với remain intact - chưa bị con người 16. Ecological (adj): thuộc về hệ sinh thái
khai phá) 17. Ecosystem (n) : hệ sinh thái
Eg: - Son Doong cave has remained intact for 18. Collapse (v) (n): suy sụp, sụp đổ
millions of years. Eg: Lots of people lost their job when the property
- An untamed cave has been discovered recently market collapsed
3. Biodiverse (adj): đa dạng sinh học 19. Indigenous (adj): bản địa, địa phương (local)
Eg: An aging country confronts many problems  20. Unlivable (adj): không thể sinh sống được =
4. Teem with sth (v): to contain large numbers of inhabitable
something, esp. animals or humans: 21. Vegetation (n): thảm thực vật
Eg: The forest teems with millions of living species 22. Cut down (v): cắt giảm, giảm bớt = reduce
5. To be unknown to science: khoa học chưa biết Eg: People are trying to cut down the use of plastic
đến  23. Carbon dioxide emission (n): khí thải carbon
6. Span (v): trải rộng (trên diện tích bao nhiêu mét 24. Motor vehicle (n): phương tiện di chuyển gắn
vuông hoặc héc-ta) máy
7. to be under threat from sth: bị gây nguy hại bởi 25. Industrial process (n): quá trình sản xuất công
Eg: Wildlife is under threat from human activities nghiệp
8. Devastating (adj): nguy hiểm, mang tính thảm Eg: Carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles
hoạ and industrial processes contribute to the
9. Mining (n): khai thác quặng, mỏ acceleration of climate change
10. Deforestation (n): nạn phá rừng 26. Pointless (adj): vô nghĩa, vô giá trị
11. Break out (v): bùng phát  Eg: It's pointless to eat fast food when you're
12. Accidentally (adv): một cách ngẫu nhiên, tình trying to lose weight
cờ, ko có chủ đích 27. To be home to: là nhà của 
13. Satellite (n): vệ tinh  Eg: Hanoi is home to millions of people
14. Deliberately (adv): một cách có chủ đích  28. Evolution (n): sự tiến hóa