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Simply put, people cannot thrive without the Amazon rainforest — but right now, humans are driving this ecosystem to the brink.

In the past 60 years, more than 13 percent of the Amazon has been deforested an area nearly the size of ALASKA

If this cycle of destruction continues, the rainforest will be pushed to an ecological tipping point — gradually turning into a dry savanna.

The Amazon is a lifeline for us all — it stores billions of tonnes of carbon, regulates rainfall across continents, and shelters one in every ten species on Earth.

Harbouring at least 10 percent of the world’s known species.

One region in the Ecuadorian Amazon is regarded as the most biodiverse area of land in the world, boasting more diverse species of trees in a given hectare of forest than all of North America.

The world’s forests absorb about 7.6 billion metric tons of carbon each year. The Amazon rainforest does much of the heavy lifting, removing a yearly total of 1.2 billion metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere. But if forest loss continues at current rates, the region could lose its ability to absorb and store carbon, eventually becoming a net source of emissions.

Science now confirms what history already knows: Indigenous communities are the forest’s best guardians. Where they have land rights, deforestation drops dramatically, and the forest thrives.

The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical forest in the world — spanning nine countries and home to more than 30 million people.

The region influences global weather and stores massive amounts of carbon — making it critical in the fight against climate change.

Protecting the Amazon and other tropical forests could get us at least 30 percent of the way to solving the climate crisis, while also providing a host of additional benefits — filtering fresh water, providing breathable air — that other climate solutions don’t offer.

WHAT SO DIFFICULT IN MAKING IT A LEGAL PROTECTED AREA, OTHER THAN FINANCING IT.

TEN LESS TANKS IN EACH COUNTRY ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE WOULD RAISE THE NECESSARY FUNDING.

IT COULD BE ENFORCED BY A DEDICATED TRAINED AMOZIA PROTECTION UNIT ( supported by the indigenous peoples.)

AT CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN BRAZIL THIS COULD BE DONE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

This is our chance to help secure land rights that can protect the forest and its peoples for generations.

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