​​A UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM
of critical importance

> 5,500,000 km2 or 2,125,000 sq. mi
> 390 billion trees, each releasing up to 100 gallons of water out of the ground through transpiration
> Its hydrological cycle regulates rainfall patterns from South America up to the Midwest.
> Its rivers carry 20% of the planet's fresh water to the sea
> Regulating Southern Atlantic currents all the way to Africa
> It stores >123 Billion tons of CO2
> The entire southern continent is food-dependent on the Rainforest hydrological cycle.

​It is the largest & most diverse Biome on earth

​ > 80,000 tree & plant species

 > 2.5 MM insect species

 > 3,000 fish species

 > 450 reptile species

 > 1,000 amphibian species
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 > 430 mammal species​

400 Indigenous Nationalities have forged a symbiotic relationship with the Amazon

 
Forest People culturally identify with their ecosystem.

The forest is their “supermarket and pharmacy.”

They have shaped the Amazon for +10,000 years.​
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Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge & science are critical factors to conserving the Amazon and its biodiversity.