Amazonian rainforest

• What is the average rainfall per year?

  1,500 - 3,000 mm
• How much of the total global river discharge is the Amazon accountable for?

  15 - 16%
• How many people is the Amazon home to?

  20 million
• Home to what percentage of species on earth ?

  20%
• The Amazon has released what percentage more carbon than it has absorbed in how many years?

  20% in ten years
• How many times of carbon was released in 2021?

  1 billion
• Why is the Amazon rainforest at risk of die back and desertification?

  Due to the positive feedback loop that is affecting the water cycle
• How much water falls again/ is recycled?

  48%
• Where does the moisture from the Amazon rainforest end up falling?

  In Texas and influences rain patterns in the southeast of Asia
• How long does the Trans Atlantic highway run for?

  1700kn
• What will the transatlantic highway help to do?

  open up largely untouched areas of the forest
• What minerals are mined in the Amazon?

  Iron ore, lead, nickel, copper, gold and more
• What is sold as a result of logging?

  Timber to create furniture for profit and pulp for paper and paper products
• How many new Damns were planned for construction in the Amazon?

  150
• Why has a new scheme for a 8,000 mega watt damn in são luiz de tapajõs been stopped?

  due to concerns over the impact on the local indegenous population
• What do damns do?

  displacement of people and create large flood areas
• How much did the amazons population grow between 2000 and 2010?

  23%
• The WWF predict that what percentage of the Amazon will be without trees in 2020?

  27%
• In the southeast of the amazon what is directly associated with deforestation and why?

  increased likelihood of wildfires due to an increase in atmospheric aresols and a decrease in droplet size
• By 2050 what temperature rise is predicted?

  2-3 degrees
• Increases in temperatures and decreased rainfall leads to what type of species inhabiting the Amazon?

  invasive species which leads to less biodiversity
• Without protection from the upper tree levels what is likely to happen to the soil?

  Moist soils will bake
• what type of flooding will increase?

  Flash floods, infrastructure is not available to deal with the consequences of these
• Increased soil erosion due to soil exposure will do what to the rivers?

  adds sediment and disrupts the the biodiversity of the river system and changes river behaviour
• What eco tourism sites have been created?

  Amazonian river lodge, helps to educate those who visit.