Sara Hopkins Amazon Deforestation

Impact on the environment The fires raging out of control in the Eastern Amazon state of Pará are a powerful symbol of the way mankind continues to plunder and destroy nature. only about one fifth remain untouched. One third of what is left is in the Amazonian countries of Guyana, Suliname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil Species lose their habitat, or can no longer subsist in the small fragments of forests that are left. Populations dwindle, and eventually some can become extinct. Because of the high degree of endemism, or presence of species that are only found within a specific geographical range, even localized deforestation can result in loss of species.

During the last half century, the seemingly endless Amazon has lost at least 17% of its forest cover, its connectivity has been increasingly disrupted, and numerous endemic species have been subjected to waves of resource exploitation. The economic transformation of the Amazon based on the conversion and degradation of its natural habitat is gaining momentum. the Amazon plays a critical role in maintaining climate function regionally and globally, a contribution which everyone–rich or poor–depends on.

The Amazon forest is being taken away more and more. for land to graze animals and homes, medicine, and roads. Some reasons for this are widespread agricultural and logging purposes.

Last of the amazon In this Wild West frontier of guns, chain saws, and bulldozers, government agents are often corrupt and ineffective—or ill-equipped and outmatched. Now, industrial-scale soybean producers are joining loggers and cattle ranchers in the land grab, speeding up destruction

Future of the Amazon Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg announced on September 16, 2008, that the Norwegian Government would donate US $1 billion to the newly established Amazon fund. The money from this fund will go to projects aimed at slowing down the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest