The Amazon Rainforest

Question 1

How many trees is it home to?

Answer 1

300 billion

Question 2

How much of the worlds carbon does it store?

Answer 2

One fifth

Question 3

How many countries is it spread across?

Answer 3

9

Question 4

How much carbon is it estimated to store?

Answer 4

12-80 billion tonnes

Question 5

Where is it located?

Answer 5

Central Southern America, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia

Question 6

What is the rising productivity of tropical rainforests due to?

Answer 6

Sequestering of increased co2 concentrations in the atmosphere

Question 7

What did a study in 2015 reveal?

Answer 7

The Amazon is losing its capacity to absorb co2

Question 8

What has happened to the net uptake of carbon since 1990’s?

Answer 8

It has halved

Question 9

What is the average discharge for the amazon river?

Answer 9

Around 175,000 m cubed /s

Question 10

What is average rainfall?

Answer 10

Around 2,300mm annually

Question 11

What percentage of rainfall actually reaches the sea due to interception?

Answer 11

30%

Question 12

During 2000 and 2007, what rate was the Amazon deforested at?

Answer 12

19,368km squared a year

Question 13

What was the removal of forests done by using?

Answer 13

Slash and burn methods

Question 14

By 2050 what are predicted temperature increases set to be?

Answer 14

2-3 degrees increase

Question 15

How has climate change affected species loss?

Answer 15

Some plants aren’t adapted to the increasing temperature changes

Question 16

What does the ACTO do?

Answer 16

Promotes harmonious development

Question 17

What do national parks help do? EG the Tumucumaque National Park?

Answer 17

Preserve endangered species and preserve the natural habitats