Amazon case study

Question 1

description

Answer 1

-covers 40% of South America
home to 20 milion
public attention caught in 1980-size of Belgium being cut down every year

Question 2

17%

Answer 2

how much global terrestrial vegetation carbon the Amazon holds

Question 3

80%

Answer 3

the amount of deforestation that occurs for cattle ranching

Question 4

average rainfall and interception

Answer 4

2000mm per year and 75% of this is intercepted

Question 5

what is the basin drained by

Answer 5

the amazon river and its tributaries

Question 6

how much does cattle ranching contribute to the economy

Answer 6

$123 billion in 2015

Question 7

reasons for deforestaion

Answer 7

-agriculture
-road building
-logging
-mineral extraction

Question 8

agriculture

Question 9

road building

Answer 9

the trans Amazonian which is opened to allows development and a new road the BR163 which will be 1700km long

Question 10

50%

Answer 10

of all global plant/animal species live here.

Question 11

brazil is largest exporter and producer of?

Answer 11

Beef

Question 12

aims of gov policies in Brazil

Answer 12

2005-to reduce the rate of deforstaion by 80%

Question 13

what are landowner now required to do?

Answer 13

preserve 80% of virgin forest

Question 14

what is in place to prevent people from ignoring policies

Answer 14

fines or imprisonment

Question 15

since 2005 how much has brazil reduces deforestation?

Answer 15

70%

Question 16

How much emitted and released previously

Answer 16

Emitted 1.9bn tons of carbon and stored 80-120bn tons

Question 17

Increase in carbon can do what?

Answer 17

Melt permafrost seen in Russia
Siberian wildfires 2019

Question 18

How much of land in Amazon affected by deforestation?

Answer 18

200,000km