... Forest supports many communities of indigenous people whose livelihood depends on the sustainability of the forest. A vast expanse of green that stretches over 2 million square miles, the Amazon River Basin supplies 20 percent of the Earth's freshwater. Covering an area nearly the size of Europe, it is the world's largest river basin. The Amazon is also home to countless species of wildlife many of these can ... harmlessly extracting sap from rubber trees, which is then used in such products as car tires and pencil erasers. Rubber tapping is one of the many ways in which the resources of...

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... two decades, received and great deal of publicity and study. Acid Rain, Global Warming and Pollution have been studied extensively as scientists link types of human activity to the destruction of the planet that support our activities. One particular issue that requires consideration is deforestation and how it effects the natural bio-diversity and balance that has put the planet Earth under stress. Deforestation ... logging activities. As consumption of wood, paper and other forest products increases so does the rate of deforestation. Eleven million acres a year are cut for commercial p...

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