negative contributors
what is the main negative cause?
logging
what is an ecosystem?
an ecosystem is an unique community where each species are independent to each other in the region they are located in.
what was the spots illustration I made to how much forest is getting destroyed per second?
a football field worth
how many indigenous people live in the Amazon?
1.5 million
true or false: the amazon is not a diverse ecoregion
FALSE
what is the second main cause and why does it negatively impact the Amazon?
hydropower - interrupts the path of migratory fish and other species
what is the fun fact I said about rainfall in the forest?
that it takes 10 minutes to reach the ground
what percentage of the plants we derive our medicine from comes from the Amazon?
25%
how many ethnic groups?
385 groups
how many species are in the amazon?
3 million species
what is the third cause and why does it negatively impact the Amazon?
Mining - mercury in the river and killing the wildlife
do humans profit off of the ecosystems found in the Amazon?
yes!
20%
why was the amazon once considered inhabitable?
poor soil
difficult ecosystem
what fraction of the worlds species belong to the amazon?
1/10
what is the term that we deem the Amazon?
how does our lifestyle contrast to the indigenous peoples?
Indigenous people:
very sustainably
communal homes
traditions/spiritual practices
slow living
western culture:
very busy and fast
money driven (less relational)
what are the 3 ecosystems I listed?
floodplains, forests, blackwater
how many people used to live in the Amazon pre colonization?
8-10 million