Human Effects On The Amazon Rainforest

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Amazon Rainforest
The amazon rainforest is being destroyed by humans to clear space to grow sugar for ethanol productions. One way to solve this issue is to stop using cars that need e10 fuel.
The Amazon rainforest is located in South America the countries that have the amazon rainforest as their border are Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The amazon rainforest is located 10 degrees north and south of the equator and is 2/3 of South America. The Amazon is a rainforest ecosystem. It is the biggest of its kind. Some of the most important things to human survival are in the rainforest they are:
• ¼ of the worlds freshwater
• 1/3 of animal species in the world
• 1/5 of the world forests
• 48 billion tons of carbon dioxide in its trees (which we are clearing!!!!!)
These are just some of the reasons why the amazon rainforest needs to be kept standing.
The human impact on the amazon rainforest is deforestation. Derorestation is
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