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20 billion |
Tonnes of moisture absorbed daily |
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Absorbs 10℅ |
Of mans carbon emissions |
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17℅ of emissions |
Comes from destruction of the rainforest |
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137 species |
Go extinct daily |
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99 percent of species |
Yet to be studied |
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70 percent |
Of plants with anti cancer properties found here |
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60million |
Indigenous people 300 tribes in Amazon basin |
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43\100 |
Of Britain's best selling products derived from rainforest exploitation |
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1992 in summit at rio |
Variability amongst living organisms and the ecological complexes of which they are part of |
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2007 UK biodiversity partnership |
Published a list of 1149 priority species |
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10 percent of UK |
Is a SSSI |
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1997 Kyoto protocol |
Sets and emission targets for all developed countries |
