The document discusses the importance and threats facing the Amazon rainforest. It is home to over 50,000 species per square mile and provides oxygen and houses cures for diseases. However, deforestation is destroying the rainforest at a rate of 1.5 acres per second through logging, mining, cattle ranching, and other commercial activities. This is having devastating impacts on the environment and indigenous communities who call the forest home. Conservation groups are working to protect the rainforest but more must be done to combat deforestation and ensure the rainforest's survival.
Rainforests are primarily located in tropical regions, with the largest found in the Amazon and Congo basins. They consist of four layers: the emergent layer, canopy layer, understory, and forest floor, each hosting unique plant and animal species. Rainforests play a crucial role in supporting biodiversity, regulating climate, and providing resources like oxygen, food, and medicines.
2. Skogsfakta
Regnskog i Sydamerika.
Lika stort som 12 stycken Sverige.
St奪r f旦r h辰lften av jorden
regnskog.
Tros ha bildats redan p奪
dinosaurietiden.
Amazonas鍖oden rinner igenom
regnskogen.
V辰dret i Amazonas? Varmt och
fuktigt!
3. Skogsfakta
H辰r 鍖nns massor av olika
v辰xter och djur.
Gummitr辰d, paran旦t,
palmer, 鍖kon och orkid辿er.
Anakonda, pirayor och
krokodil.
Myggor som kan ge malaria
och gula febern.
H辰r bor olika indianstammar