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More than 50% of wetlands in the U.S. have been destroyed in just the last 200 years. [8] Between 60% and 70% of European wetlands have been completely destroyed. [13] In the United Kingdom, there has been an increase in demand for coastal housing and tourism which has caused a decline in marine habitats over the last 60 years.
Video games which primarily take place in the Amazon rainforest. Pages in category "Video games set in the Amazon" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), 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 rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. The Amazon biome has lost more than 85 million hectares (211 million acres ...
When we think of the word "Amazon," we can easily free-associate to "rainforest." Of course, there's another free association that's far closer to home: Amazon.com . If Apple as envisioned by the ...
Since tropical rainforests are estimated to hold 50% of the planet's species, the canopy of rainforests worldwide may hold 45% of life on Earth. The Amazon rainforest borders eight countries, and has the world's largest river basin and is the source of 1/5 of the Earth's river water. It has the world's greatest diversity of birds and freshwater ...
One of the world's largest and most dense rainforests is the Amazon rainforest in South America. Rainforests are disappearing across the world, and at an alarming rate in Brazil. Since the 1980s, more than 153,000 square miles of Amazonian rainforest has fallen victim to deforestation. [6]
Forests are being destroyed at a rapid pace. [48] [49] [50] Almost 90% of West Africa's rainforest has been destroyed. [51] Since the arrival of humans, Madagascar has lost two thirds of its original rainforest. [52] At present rates, tropical rainforests in Indonesia would be logged out in 10 years and Papua New Guinea in 13 to 16 years. [53]