Reportedly, Amazon forest is burning with fire for a continuous 16 days now. The Amazon forest produces more than 20% of worlds oxygen and is believed to be ‘Lungs of the Earth’. Also, it is home for more than half of the species of plants, animals, and insects. Since it contributes in so many ways for example 10% of the world’s species, 40,000 plant species, 3,000 edible fruits, we need to preserve it for our survival.
But what if we fail to preserve it and the Amazon rainforest disappears? –
1) Loss of Bio-Diversity:
Spanning 1.4 billion acres, the Amazon rainforest stretches across 9 South American countries and is home to a staggering number of species of plants, animals, insects, and fungi. The Amazon holds a rich array of the life that exists on Earth, and an average of one new species is being discovered each day.
2) Heated Surrounding:
An increase in fire that is bigger than ever and that burns for much longer than their predecessors. These fires release even more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, worsening some of the conditions and increasingly hotter climate.
3) More Flooding:
Already the Amazon is seeing reduced rainfall by some 25% in some regions, and when rains do arrive they result in massive amounts of flooding.
4) Increased Drought :
What happens with less rain? There’s less water to drink. Droughts will only worsen when more trees get cleared, threatening food and drinking water supplies for the humans.
5) Loss of medical possibility:
As Rainforest Trust highlights on their website, almost 90% of human diseases are treatable with prescription drugs that are derived from things in nature, like snake venom, molds, and a shrub called periwinkle—some of which have their origins in the Amazon forests.
