AMAZON

RAINFOREST
MADE BY –
SUHAAN SABLOK
 INDEX
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT A
PRESENTATION TO YOU ABOUT THE
FOLLOWING TOPICS-
LOCATION OF THE REGION
CHARACTERSTICS OF THE ECOSYSTEM
WILDLIFE PRESENT
IMPORTANCE OF THE SPECIES
ENDANGERED SPECIES OF THE REGION
HUMAN INDUCED CHALLENGES FACED BY
THEM
 Characteristics of amazon
• The Amazon rainforest is the largest forest that grows in the
tropical basin of the Amazon River.
• The forest lies in a basin drained largely by the Amazon River,
with 1100 tributaries. It is a moist broadleaf forest that covers
seven million square kilometres (1.7 billion acres), of which five
and a half million square kilometres (1.4 billion acres) are
covered by the rainforest .
• The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining
rainforests, and it is the largest and most species-rich tract of
tropical rainforest in the world. The forest was formed at least
55 million years ago, in the Eocene period.
 Importance of the species
• The Amazon consists of several ecosystems and
vegetation types and is very species-rich. One in ten
known species in the world lives in the Amazon
Rainforest as do one in five known bird species. It is
home to about 2,000 birds and mammals and here we
will discover a few well known species currently
living in the Amazon Rainforest. That's not to say,
however, that the rest of South America doesn't have
some unique and intriguing species of its own.
 HERE ARE THE NAMES OF SOME SPECIES PRESENT IN AMAZON
RANFOREST-
 Capybara

 Giant Anteater
• Green Iguana

• Harpy Eagle
• Golden Lion Tamarin

• Glass Frog
• Jesus Lizard

• Poison Dart Frog

 ENDANGERED SPECIES IN
AMAZON
• Deforestation, climate change, illegal hunting and
environmental contamination are constant threats to the
livelihoods and habitats of many species of Amazon
animals that rely on the forests and ecosystems
surrounding the Amazon River to survive and thrive.
• The International Union for the Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) based in Gland, Switzerland, is the world’s
oldest and largest global environmental network bringing
together governments, non-government organizations
 HUMAN INDUCED CHALLENGES
FACED BY THEM

• The human impact on the Amazon rainforest has been

grossly underestimated according to an international
team of researchers. They found that selective logging
and surface wildfires can result in an annual loss of 54
billion tons of carbon from the Brazilian Amazon,
increasing greenhouse gas emissions. This is equivalent to
40% of the yearly carbon loss from deforestation -- when
entire forests are chopped down.
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