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VOLUME 17 I JANUARY, 2023

Largest Store of Natural Medicines : Deforestation, exploitation in the Amazon
Indigenous people make up 9% of the total rainforest due to agriculture, construction of
population with 60 of the groups remaining largely infrastructures such as roads or dams , mining
isolated. For millions of years, mankind has used activities, urbanization leads to the destruction
insects and plants as the source of medicine. The of biodiversity. By destroying the forests ,
indigenous tribe Yanomamo used plants for the human activities are putting the entire
treatment of several diseases for thousands of years ecosystems in danger and placing life at threat.
and in the modern western medicine , many of their Soil erosion is one of the consequences of
findings have been applied. Amazon may hold deforestation. Deforestation also leads to the
natural remedies for some of the many diseases of climate change and contributes to the
today. greenhouse effect. In 2019, there have been
72,843 fires in Brazil with record number of
Largest Source of Climate Control : fires in the Amazon region results in the
The Amazon rainforest is responsible for 75 % of destruction of trees and biodiversity. To lessen
its own rainfall that feeds the nearby rivers through future loss of forests we must increase and
evapotranspiration. Researchers have asserted that sustain the productivity of farms, pastures,
rainfall in the Amazon not only affects the climate plantations and scrub-land in addition to
of South America but also influences the rainfall of restoring species and ecosystems to degraded
Central and Western United States. Amazon forest habitats. By reducing wasteful land-use
exchanges tonne of water with the surrounding practices, consolidating gains on existing
atmosphere and controls the local and regional cleared lands and improving already developed
climates. lands we can diminish the need to clear
additional rainforest. Measures have been
Largest Store of Carbon : taken in restoring the endangered and extinct
The Amazon rainforest contains 390 billion trees animals. The extension of protected areas
that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere within the Amazon region is a key to
and thus prevents the global warming. Amazon maximizing survival of biodiversity. Sustainable
forest contains over one third of all the carbon development should be considered an
stores ( 86 billion tonnes ) in the world. underlying philosophy to be applied via policy
to various agents and industries involved in the
Best Place for Ecotourism : use and development of rainforest lands and
The Amazon is one of the best place for resources.
ecotourism. Nowadays, $11.6 million dollar USD per Amazon rainforest is so large and diverse
year profit is made on Amazon ecotourism which because of the climate change induced
not only benefits the local economy but it also fragmentation and geographic isolation . Today
educates people about the importance of scientists believe that biological influences are
conserving forests, The revenue made by the more of the cause of the species evolution. Due
ecotourism is injected to the local people for their to the fact that the Amazon rainforest is so
betterment of life. huge, much of the wildlife has yet to be
discovered. There are million of species out
Preservation of World’s Largest Rainforest: there that are completely unknown to the
While we proudly celebrate the International Day world. This shows the largeness and diversity
of Forests on March 21 every year , it is our duty to of the Amazon rainforest. We should work hard
preserve the forests and save the lives of the trees to preserve the forests of our planet.
for saving the human world. Page 20

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