On Amazon Day, organizations raise alarm over preservation
The world’s largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon is assailed by various human activities, including deforestation, illegal mining, and land grabbing. This Tuesday (Sep. 5), on Amazon Day, organizations are reiterating the urgent need to preserve this biome.Covering approximately 421 million hectares, the Amazon accounts for a third of the globe’s tropical forests and plays a vital role in a wide number of climatic processes, such as evaporation and transpiration from the forest, which help maintain climate balance and fresh water stocks. It is also home to over half of the planet’s biodiversity.As per biodiversity conservation institute ICMBio, 224 species of Amazon fauna are under some kind of threat, and at least one has been considered extinct. A total of 139 species are categori...