See all Amazon Rainforest ToursQ: Who are indigenous people? A: Rainforests are bursting with life. Not only do millions of species of plants and animals live in rainforests, but people also call the rainforest their home. In fact, indigenous, or native, peoples have lived in rainforests fo...
just as the Amazon rainforest has the greatest biological diversity and species richness on the planet, Amazon tribes have the greatest cultural diversity and language richness in the world. The major language families of the Amazon tribes that presently exist in the Amazon River Basin include: Tup...
I.阅读理解A Fires sweeping across the Amazon rainforest this year have been a hot topic as scientists and environmental groups are worried that they will worsen the climate change crisis and threaten biodiversity(生物多样性).As the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon rainforest is often...
The resourcesMedicine- 25% of the medicine comes from plants and over half of these plants are in the Amazon rainforest.Native people 9、s of the Amazon rainforest have used different plants for centuries as cures and potions for their health and survival. Today 121 prescription drugs sold ...
Amazon Rainforest, largetropical rainforestoccupying thedrainage basinof theAmazon Riverand its tributaries in northernSouth Americaand covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km).Comprisingabout 40 percent ofBrazil’s total area, it is bounded by theGuiana Highlandsto the ...
The Amazon rainforest, known as Amazonia or the "Earth's lungs" are the planet's largest rainforest. It compromises the greatest natural resources in the world. It covers 5.5 million square kilometres and constitutes more than half of the rainforest left in the world. ...
The Amazon Rainforest is a global diversity hotspot that has experienced a significant level of deforestation over the past half century, primarily for the establishment of cattle pasture. Characterizing the impact of this large-scale ecosystem conversion on the composition and activity of the soil mi...
Native Americans shaped their environments to suit them, through burning, pruning, tilling and other practices. And the Amazon is no different: Look closer, and you can see the deep impressions that humans have made on the world's largest tropical rainforest,scientists reported yesterday...
The modem world only recently reached the Yanomamo, a native people of the Amazon basin. Sheltered by thick rainforest, the Yanomano lived a self-contained existence until gold was discovered in their jungle homeland. Miners flocked into the forests, cutting down trees and bringing in disease ...
Why The Amazon Rainforest Is Important? The Amazon Rainforest is important in many ways. It is home to a vast number of species, many of which are not found anywhere else. It’s also home to native tribes and many other people, many of whom live sustainably within or around the forest...