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    ++The region's rainforest is spread across the Amazon River Basin (approx. 6.7 million km~~^2^~~), a vast natural tropical area more than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaz%C3%B4nia_Legal half] of which is located in Wikipedia:Brazil. The basin also covers parts of Wikipedia:Bolivia, Wikipedia:Peru, Wikipedia:Colombia, Wikipedia:Ecuador, Wikipedia:Venezuela and Wikipedia:Guyana.++
     
    '''A considerable number of the world's plants and animals live in the Amazon, most of which remain undiscovered by scientists.''' Amazon wildlife shares this huge space with some 30 million people, including more than 220 indigenous groups in the Brazilian Amazon, 40 in Peru and 10 in Ecuador. In Venezuela, some 17 indigenous languages are spoken in the Amazon part of the country. This number is dwarfed by the Bolivian and Colombian Amazon, where 33 and 52 indigenous languages respectively are in use.
     
    ~~[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/ Tropical Deforestation]:~~
     
    ++The organic material and nutrients in a tropical rainforest are found in the vegetation itself, not in the soil. This eroded hillside along a river in Amazonia shows the infertile soil typical of tropical environments (pinkish-tan) topped by a very thin layer of fertile soil and forest detritus (brown):++
     
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    '''The Amazon accounts for more than half of the world's rainforest.''' No other ecosystem on Earth is home to so many species nor exerts such control on the carbon cycle. For years the Amazon forest acted as a vast carbon sink that absorbed one fifth of global fossil fuel emissions. '''[http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/uol-acs030209.php But in 2005 this process was reversed.]'''
     
    ++'''Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometers (58,000 square miles) of forest and since 1970, over 600,000 sq km (232,000 sq mi) of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed.'''++--~~[http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html Deforestation in the Amazon]~~
     
    ]]] '''[Media:Amazon/Crater 24 times more area than the crater associated with dinosaur extinction.]''' [[[
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    == * Films and Video ==
     
    ;[Deoxy:video/-521537373096312859 http://deoxy.org/vi/-521537373096312859.jpg]:+++[Deoxy:video/-521537373096312859 From the Heart of the World]+++--[Deoxy:video/-521537373096312859 The Elder Brothers' Warning]--This is the last civilization of pre-Columbian America that vanished 400 years ago. It did not die - it went into hiding. For centries the Kogi have watched us from their mountain fastness. This film is their message, and their warning... (Also see Media:ALUNA)
     
    ;[Deoxy:video/8993313723654914866 http://deoxy.org/vi/8993313723654914866.jpg]:+++[Deoxy:video/8993313723654914866 THE SECRET OF EL DORADO: Terra preta]+++--This is the story of how archaeologists have uncovered the lost civilisation behind the myth of El Dorado, but this was not a kingdom of gold. The secret of the real El Dorado was something far more valuable, something with the power to transform our world.
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    ;'''++[Deoxy:video/9-O2iIHXyn0 Amazon: In the hands of a few]++''':[http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11756 Farmers and politicians] of the Brazilian municipality of '''[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djuin.html Juína]''' (Mato Grosso state, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=juina+brazil&sll=37.649034,-95.712891&sspn=81.927986,78.662109&ie=UTF8&ll=-11.450415,-58.785095&spn=2.890824,2.713623&t=h&z=9&iwloc=A Map]) hinder [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/amazon Greenpeace activists], OPAN ([http://www.google.com/search?q=Operacao+Amazonia+Nativa Native Amazon Operation]) members and European journalists' visit to the [http://www.survival-international.org/tribes/enawenenawe Enawene Nawe] Indigenous Land.
     
    *++'''[Deoxy:video/MlwpBuDwdAs The Amazon: Gone Within Our Children's Lifetime?]'''++
    *[Deoxy:video/CwPq1CBTAx0 UNEP - Amazon Deforestation in Google Earth]
    *[Deoxy:video/Dt-9QMB17s4 BR-163: Road to Amazon Destruction]
     
    *[Deoxy:video/yK1HpaowBmw <b>Amazon Forest Pirates</b> threaten to kidnap BBC crew]
    *[Deoxy:video/SAaCtYbzhXE Yanomamo Shaman message for everyone:] '''''[Deoxy:video/SAaCtYbzhXE We need your help]'''''
    *[Deoxy:video/_SMGAc3KzKA Chief Almir Surui: Combining Tradition with Technology in the Amazon Forest]
    *++'''[Videx:Amazon%20OR%20Amazonian MORE AMAZON VIDEO]'''++
     
    ]]] ++"'''Respect the forest as [http://web.archive.org/web/20050506122706/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR190022005 another human being] on this planet.'''"++ [[[
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    == * Google Earth Files ==
    *'''[http://david.tryse.net/googleearth/Forests_nw.kmz Disappearing Forests of the World]'''--~~[http://david.tryse.net/googleearth source]~~
    *[http://www.intactforests.org/data.ifl.kmz.html World Intact Forest Landscapes]--~~[http://www.intactforests.org/data.ifl.html source]~~
    *[http://david.tryse.net/googleearth/Biodiversity_Hotspots_nw.kmz Biodiversity Hotspots]--~~[http://david.tryse.net/googleearth source]~~
     
    *'''[http://www.worldwildlife.org/resources/media/images/global/WWF-Amazon.kmz Protected Areas in the Amazon Forest]'''--~~[http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/amazon/interactivemap.html source]~~
    *[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=774771&filename=Amazon-river-tour.kmz Amazon River Tour]--3977 miles with overlays and 400 placemarks--~~[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1074703 source]~~
    *[http://internationalrivers.org/google_earth/InternationalRivers_p1.kmz International Rivers: Amazon Dams]--~~[http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/google-earth source]~~
     
    *'''[Deoxy:earth/amazonforestpressure.kml Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests]'''--~~local~~
    *[http://deoxy.org/earth/hiddenamazonlogging.kml Selective logging disturbance in the Brazilian Amazon]--~~local~~
    *[http://static.greenpeace.org/int/googleearth/GreenpeaceLand%20Use2007MatoGrosso.kmz Amazon Cattle Footprint in Mato Grosso, Brazil: State of Destruction]--[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/amazon-cattle-footprint-mato PDF]--~~[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/cattle-mapping source]~~
    *[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=453980&filename=1151047-Rondonia_.kmz Deforestation of Rondonia Brazil since 1975]--~~[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=753535#Post753535 source]~~
    *[http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/2453/appendix1.kmz Total Historical Land-Use Change in Eastern Bolivia] quantified for ten groups including three non-mechanized indigenous groups, four mechanized farming groups, two cattle ranching groups and the forest products sector.--~~[http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art36/ source]~~
     
    *'''[http://david.tryse.net/googleearth/Survival_International_nw.kmz Survival International: Amazon Tribes]'''--~~[http://david.tryse.net/googleearth source]~~
    *[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=453984&filename=1192010-AmazontribeusingGoogleEarthtobattleillegalloggers.kmz Surui tribe using Google Earth to battle illegal loggers in Brazil]--~~[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=753546#Post753546 source]~~
    *[http://www.aquaverde.org/google_earth/aquaverde5.kmz Reforestation by the Surui Indigenous people in the Amazon] ~~with support from [http://www.aquaverde.org/ Aquaverde]~~
    *[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=693030&filename=cl-05-06-08-809732743.kmz Tribes in Chaco fight to save way of life in Paraguay]
     
    *~~[http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth Home]~~
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    === * REAL TIME DATA ===
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    ;[http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/#SouthAmerica <b>MODIS</b> Rapid Response System South America]:[http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/ Near-Real-Time Level-2 Browse] ~~Images Only~~
     
    ;[http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/firedata.htm <b>FIRMS</b> Active Fire Hotspot Data]:South America: [http://firefly.geog.umd.edu/kml/download.php?file=South_America_24h.kml 24 Hours]--[http://firefly.geog.umd.edu/kml/download.php?file=South_America_48h.kml 48 Hours]
     
    ;'''[http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/affinity/download_kmz.html TRMM]''' Realtime Rainfall Accumulation:[http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/Events/3B42_rain_accumulation_3hr.kml 3hr]--[http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/Events/3B42_rain_accumulation_24hr_b.kml 24hr]--[http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/Events/3B42_rain_accumulation_72hr_b.kml 72hr]--[http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/Events/3B42_rain_accumulation_168hr_b.kml 168hr]--[http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/Events/30_day_average.kml 30 Day Average]--[http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/Events/30_day_anomaly.kml 30 Day Anomalous]
     
    ;'''[http://www.ambiotek.com/amazon Amazon Eye]''' is an environmental information system for the Amazon Basin providing easily browsable data and imagery on recent environmental change in Google Earth--~~[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/geography/research/emm/geodata/amazon.html source]~~:
     
    ;'''[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/terraamazon/index.html TerraAmazon]''' is [http://www.inpe.br/ingles/index.php Brazil's] rainforest monitoring system using the [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING GIS]:
     
    ;'''June 6, 2009''' AQUA Satellite Image/KML of Brazil Deforestation:Resolution: [http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2009154-0603/Brazil.A2009154.1745.2km.jpg 2km]--[http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2009154-0603/Brazil.A2009154.1745.1km.jpg 1km]--[http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2009154-0603/Brazil.A2009154.1745.500m.jpg 500m]--[http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2009154-0603/Brazil.A2009154.1745.250m.jpg 250m]
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    [[[ ++"'''Those who refused to sell''' found themselves encircled by an encroaching wasteland, as whining chain saws and raging fires consumed the trees right up to the edge of their land. Their yards were overrun with vipers, bees, and rodents escaping the apocalypse, and when tractors began spraying the cleared fields, toxic clouds of pesticides drifted into their homes..."++ ]]]
     
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    ;'''+++[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/01/amazon-rain-forest/wallace-text.html Last of the Amazon]+++''':During the past 40 years, close to 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down--more than in all the previous 450 years since European colonization began. Scientists fear that an additional 20 percent of the trees will be lost over the next two decades. '''If that happens, the forest's ecology will begin to unravel.'''
     
    <html><p align="right"><br><b><a href="http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/interactive.maps/Brazil_Datasets.htm">Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests</a>--<a href="http://deoxy.org/earth/amazonforestpressure.kml">KML</a></b> <br><img src="http://deoxy.org/img/unamazon.jpg" style="width:100%" border="0"></p><br></html>
     
    ;'''++[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2556410 How many tree species are there in the Amazon]++<br>++''[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2556410 and how many of them will go extinct?]''++''':The Amazon Basin has about 50,000 described vascular plant species of which approximately half are woody. Of these, approximately half are trees. This yields an estimate of 12,500 tree species in the entire Amazon Basin. '''Under the non-optimistic deforestation scenario 3,656 tree species (32.6%) are predicted to go extinct...But even under the optimistic deforestation scenario, 2,228 tree species (19.9%) are predicted to go extinct.'''
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    '''Brazil's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Amazonian_Research National Institute of Amazonian Research] suggests that the felling is both drying up the entire forest and helping to cause the [Deoxy:news/view/feed/hurricanea hurricanes] that have been battering the United States and the Caribbean.''' The hot, wet Amazon normally evaporates vast amounts of water, which rise high into the air as if in an invisible chimney. This draws in the wet north-East Wikipedia:trade_winds, which have picked up moisture from the Atlantic. This in turn controls the temperature of the ocean; as the trade winds pick up the moisture, the warm water that is left gets saltier and sinks.
     
    Deforestation disrupts the cycle by weakening the Amazonian evaporation which drives the whole process. One result is that the hot water in the Atlantic stays on the surface and fuels the hurricanes. Another is that less moisture arrives on the trade winds, intensifying drought in the forest. "We believe there is a vicious cycle" says Dr. Antonio Nobre.
     
    ++[Deoxy:video/vO0G3c4TD48 So far about a fifth of the Amazonian rainforest has been razed completely.] Another 22 per cent has been harmed by logging, allowing the sun to penetrate to the forest floor drying it out. And if you add these two figures together, the total is growing perilously close to 50 per cent, which computer models predict as the "tipping point" that marks the death of the Amazon.++--'''[http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/dying-forest-one-year-to-save-the-amazon-408926.html Dying Forest]'''
     
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    ]]] +++[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/slaughtering-the-amazon Zero Deforestation is a Climate Imperative]+++ [[[



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