Amazon Basics
4 of the 9 countries that the Amazon spans
What is Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana?
This principle means that each Amazon country can decide how to use its part of the forest.
What is sovereignty?
The largest tropical national park in Colombia
What is Chiribiquete Park?
The meaning of a "Global Commons"
What is resources shared by all nations?
The percent of the Amazon within Brazil
What is 60%
This South American country claims the Essequibo region, currently governed by Guyana, based on colonial-era agreements.
What is Venezuela?
The satellite system that tracks the Amazon/deforestation in real time
DETER satellite system
What is DR Congo, Brazil, and Pacific Islands?
Two kinds of threats to Indigenous ways of life
What is deforestation, mining, illegal land grabbing etc?
This 1992 environmental agreement says countries have the right to use their own resources without outside interference.
What is the Rio Declaration?
The country known for Indigenous involvement
What is Ecuador’s Socio Bosque?
Countries that own the Amazon Fund
Norway, Germany, and France