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Number of trees in the Amazon
300 Billion
Total number of species in the Amazon
15000
How much of the planets carbon does the Amazon store
1/5
How many countries does the Amazon spread across
9
How much area does the Amazon cover
5.5 million Km2
How much carbon does the Amazon store in tonnes
80-120 Billion tonnes
Trees in the Amazon are dying faster, why?
Increased Atmospheric co2 causing growth spurts
Avg discharge of water into the Atlantic Ocean by the Amazon
175,000m3/s
Avg annual rainfall across the Amazon basin
2,300mm
Why does around half of the rain in the Amazon never reach the ground?
It’s intercepted by the forest canopy and re-evaporated into the atmosphere
Rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2007
19,300km2 per year
What % of Brazil’s green house has emissions are related to deforestation and land use change
75%
Effects of the slash and burn technique
Reduced humidity retention, increases albedo, reduces porosity of soil
How much carbon does Amazonian soils contain
4-9kg
Strategies to reduce effects of environmental change in Amazonia
Creation of forest reserves, forest biofuel production, reforestation
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