Amazon Rainforest Case study Flashcards
what % of the world’s rainforest does the Amazon hold
60%
in the last 50 years, how much of the forest has been destroyed
20%
how long does it take to clear an area of forest the size of a football pitch
1 minute
what area does the forest cover
20 times the size of Britain
how much of the forest is in Brazil
2/3
how much of the oxygen in the atmosphere does it produce
20%
how much forest is vanishing in a day
2000 football pitches worth
what is the biggest single reason for forests being cleared
cattle farming
in the 1980s what was the recorded figure for deforestation
77,000 square miles twice the size of Belgium/the size of New York/ size of California disappears
what fraction of the oxygen it produces do we breath
1/5
what % of world’s freshwater does it hold
20%
what % of species of life on Earth
50%
in 2006 what was the annual destruction rate
dropped by 70%
what happened in 2019
consumed by fire, more and more trees are cut down, highest rate of deforestation in a decade
how many square kilometres were filled with natural resources
5 million
what was created in order to attract people out of cities to cultivate the land
Trans Amazonian Highway
between 1978-88 what was the average destruction
20,000 sq/km a year
what was the name for this area
The Arc of Deforestation
by 2012 how much of the Amazon was under some form of protection
47%
what % could land owners clear of their private land
20%
what % of seats did the Ruralistas have in congress in 2003
17%
what % of seats did the Ruralistas have in 2012
30%
what % did the Ruralistas have in 2016
44%
how many fires were burning in the Amazon in August 2019
30,000
how many more fires were burning in 2019 than there were in 2018
3x the amount
at what point is it estimated the rainforest will start to collapse
if 20-25% of it is deforested
