Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km2, is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests. The Amazon region includes the territories of nine nations, with Brazil containing the majority (60%), followed by Peru (13%), Colombia (10%), and smaller portions in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
Deforestation in Bolivia, in June 2014
Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016
Deforestation in Colombia
One consequence of forest clearing in the Amazon: thick smoke that hangs over the forest
The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km2 (2,700,000 sq mi), of which 5,500,000 km2 (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 formally acknowledged indigenous territories.
Manaus, with 2.2 million inhabitants, is the largest city in the Amazon basin
The Yanomami are a group of approximately 32,000 indigenous people who live in the Amazon rainforest.
Members of an uncontacted tribe encountered in the Brazilian state of Acre in 2009
Ribeirinhos dwellings. Ribeirinhos are a traditional rural non-indigenous population in the Amazon rainforest, who live near rivers