The Amazon is home to more species of plants and animals than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. The Amazon rainforest, covering much of north western Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other South American countries, is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity. During recent times the number of fires burning in Amazon rainforest spiked dramatically. Forest fires do happen in the Amazon during the dry season between July and October. They can be caused by naturally occurring events, like lightning strikes. Rainforest trees are especially vulnerable because fire is relatively new to the Amazon, and trees there have not developed fire resistance. A rainforest fire, burning through the forest for the first time, kills most small trees and seedlings and can kill 50% of large trees. The presentation will give in-depth knowledge on the topic.

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