What are some of the myths and legends associated with the Amazon rainforest?

Approximately 2.5 x106 km2 of the Amazon forest is currently degraded by fire, edge effects, timber extraction and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all ... Feb 20, 2023 ... Here's why the Amazon rain forest is key to protecting Earth from the detrimental effects of climate change. Jan 17, 2013 ... Observations from ground stations show that rainfall over the southern Amazon rainforest declined by almost 3.2 percent per year in the period ... Mar 11, 2025 ... Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit ... A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon ... Feb 15, 2017 ... Mature forests across all of Amazonia have contributed significantly to mitigating climate change for decades. Yet Amazon nations have not directly benefited. May 22, 2018 ... The response of tropical rainforests to drought—lessons from recent research and future prospects. Annals of Forest Science 73: 27–44 ... Jun 22, 2012 ... Forest structure and dynamics vary across the Amazon Basin in an east-west gradient coincident with variations in soil fertility and geology. Jan 27, 2023 ... Lapola et al. synthesized the drivers and outcomes of Amazon forest degradation from timber extraction and habitat fragmentation, fires, and drought. The Amazon rainforest is the world's largest intact forest. It is home to more than 24 million people in Brazil alone, including hundreds of thousands of ... Despite sustained declines in Amazon deforestation, forest degradation from logging and fire continues to threaten carbon stocks, habitat, and biodiversity in ...