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2. Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [2] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [3]

3. Peruvian Amazonia - Wikipedia

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   Peruvian Amazonia ( Spanish: Amazonía del Perú ), informally known locally as the Peruvian jungle ( Spanish: selva peruana) or just the jungle ( Spanish: la selva ), is the area of the Amazon rainforest included within the country of Peru, from east of the Andes to the borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.

4. Timeline of Amazon history - Wikipedia

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   Agassiz had given stimulus to this when he was in the Amazon. 1867 (1)— Brazil opens the Amazon River to international shipping services, that same year Confederate expatriates settle in Santarém. 1867 (2)— Franz Keller-Leuzinger surveys the possibility of routing a railroad along the Madeira River to link Peru to Amazon commerce.

5. Here's what you can do to help the burning, ravaged Amazon ...

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   This year, between January and August, almost 73,000 fires have been recorded, which is nearly double 2018's total of nearly 40,000 fires. It's a record.

6. Amazon River falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil ...

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   MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) -The Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of ...

7. Amazon Region Protected Areas Program - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) originated in a 1998 promise by the Brazilian government to triple the area of the Amazon that was legally protected. The program was launched in 2003, supported by government agencies, NGOs and major donors. [1] The program is based on a major two-year planning exercise with experts from ...

8. Amazon rainforest is reaching climate change 'tipping point ...

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   The Amazon rainforest is reaching a critical “tipping point,” according to researchers, beyond which it may no longer be able to recover from events such as droughts and wildfires. The result ...

9. 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires - Wikipedia

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   The 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires season saw a year-to-year surge in fires occurring in the Amazon rainforest and Amazon biome within Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru during that year's Amazonian tropical dry season. [6] Fires normally occur around the dry season as slash-and-burn methods are used to clear the forest to make way for ...