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Bio-Fueled

BIO-FUELED THE AMAZON RAINFOREST: WHAT CREATES IT AND WHAT KILLS IT The Amazon, which represents over half of our planet's remaining rainforests, is the most bio-diverse region in the world. The number of species of fish in the Amazon alone exceeds the number found in the entire Atlantic Ocean. The myriad of plants, animals, and insects that depend on this ecosystem for their existence is astonishing, but also rapidly declining due to the destruction of their natural habitat. 0, The Amazon River is home to over 2,000 different species of fish, that's more than what's found in the entire More than 20% of the Atlantic Ocean world's oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest 2,47 acres of Amazon Rainforest contains over 750 types of trees and 1500 species of plants LIFE IN THE AMAZON 70% of all logged timber in the Amazon ends up as unusable fragments or sawdust 137 plants, animal and insect species are lost daily, that equates to 50,000 25% of all modern pharmaceutical drugs are derived from rainforest plants species a year DRIVING FORCES OF RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION CO, The Amazon Rainforest is vanishing at a rate of 200,000 square miles Deforestation accounts for 20%-25% of worldwide a year 200,000 acres of land are burned daily to make room for more cattle pastures carbon emissions The paper industry is expected to consume 4 billion tons of wood annually by 2020 EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION HELP! RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK Over 24,000 people will be displaced from the Amazon to make way for dam construction Support grassroots efforts It takes two acres of rainforest to raise Support Rainforest Action Network one steer. WAYS TO HELP PRESERVE THE AMAZON Hold businesses accountable Buy sustainable and environmentally friendly products Reduce your paper and wood consumption AMAZON DOWNLOAD THE APP NOW IN ITUNES OR VISIT THE WEBSITE AT WWW.LEONIDEPRINCIPE.COM

Bio-Fueled

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The Amazon, which represents over half of our planet’s remaining rainforests, is the most bio-diverse region in the world. The number of species of fish in the Amazon alone exceeds the number found ...

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