Amazon Rainforest

Overview          The Amazon Rainforest accounts for more than 40% of South America and stretches across the countries of Brazil, Bolivi...

History            http://www.grida.no/graphicslib/detail/extent-of-deforestation-in-borneo-1950-2005-and-projection-towards-2020_119c...

Human Impacts: Ugly        The main human impact on the Amazon Rainforest is deforestation. Humans deforest to create land for small-sca...

The Future        The future of the Amazon Rainforest is very uncertain. A team of scientists predicted what the rainforest would look l...

What is Being Done        In response to President Rouseff's approval of the environmentally harmful Forest Code, Brazil citizens ha...

References http://www.amazonteam.org/ http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_brazil_palm_oil_plantations_could_help_preserve_amazon/2415/ ...