Talk:Amazon rainforest/Archive 1

Michael William vicious statement about brazilian people
Let me quote a segment of the article under the "Causes of Deforestation in the Amazon" section:

As stated by Michael Williams,“The people of Brazil have always thought of the Amazon as a communal possession which they felt free to hack, burn, and abandon at will.”[14]

Clearly, Michael Willis displays lack of knowledge about brazilian people. As a brazilian, I should point out that obvious overwhelming majority of brazilian people and all brazilian media are highly opposed and displeased with the ongoing deforestation of (brazilian) amazon rainforest (which, the article fails to say, is largely illegal ; Brazil has solid, and constantly evolving, environmental woooo protection law, but, unfortunately, due to a number of political, economical and technical reasons, the government has not been competent enough in enforcing these laws).

Of course, Michael Williams has complete freedom to invent any variety of statements he pleases, but I think its strongly desirable that the statement in question be removed from the article given its blatant ill biasing.

Romane B. F.

02:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Poor article
I was suprised by the poverty of information in this article, both as a Brazilian and as a Wikipedist! I´m adding stuff.

So I added demography, languages, name origin, history, economy. Though I just discovered that there is an article on Amazon Basin, and maybe all that info belongs there.

I thought the total surface of the amazonian forest was around 7 millions of km&sup2; (around 2% of emerged surfaces).

This article says 1.2 billions of acres. Given that an hectare is 2.47 acres. 1.2 billions acres is 480000000 hectares2, this is 4 800 000 km&sup2;. Right ? Which is about half my value...

But I found numbers that indicated surface of the bresilian forest was about 60% of the amazonian forest, about 4 000 000 km&sup2; (with about a 10% destruction in the past 201 years).

I think there is a mistake in the article, and that the surface indicated is more the one of the bresilan forest rather than the whole surface. Ideas ?


 * Amazonia and Amazon Rainforest are not the same thing. Although the rainforest is today the prevalent biome in the ecossistem, there are parts or cerrado and other forms of vegetatioin.
 * Amazon rainforest is 7 million km&sup2; in size, Brazil is 8,5 million km&sup2; in size, and Brazilian amazon rainforest is 49% of Brazilian territory. Source: MRE

Lígia In a book i read it said the complete opposite everyone says and believes in. The book states that trees relise carbon dioxide not oxygen if this statement is true the how come we are still living???

During sunlight hours plants release oxygen, and at night they release carbon dioxide. Photosynthesis might be worth a look (Barry m 19:07, 29 December 2005 (UTC))

Marbari67 02:10, 14 January 2007 (UTC) Suggestion to improve the article.

There are more questions than answer about the consequences of Amazonia deforestation. NGOs have been primary source of all hype on the deforestation but no one knows exactly which are the sources of finacing of these NGOs. Thus, I think a section should be included to, at least, expose these kind of doubts about the issue.

Also, should be mentioned that many international companies take profit on Amazonia deforestation.

If we think that 49% of brazilian territory is Amazonia, so its conservation implies Brazil giving up a considerable source of incoming. The "so-called" sustainable exploitation is, as far as I know, just an idea... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Marbari67 (talk • contribs) 02:08, 14 January 2007 (UTC).

Number of tributaries
User:216.100.95.40 changed the number of tributaries of the Amazon from 1100 to 2200. I don't know the source for either number, but based on that anon's edit history, I reverted the change. Guettarda 17:13, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
 * And I reverted it again. Well, I thought I reverted it again - I didn't get an edit conflict but apprently you beat me to it. The same anon user had vandalized several articles within the space of a few minutes, then came back and reverted your revert. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 20:31, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Economic value
One square kilometer in the Peruvian Amazon has been calculated to provide potential earnings of $682,000 per year if intact forest is sustainably harvested for fruits, latex, and timber.....  If it was true it seems you would have to build a huge road network in the forest to get the income. In fact, wouldn't work on a huge network of roads be underway now?
 * http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol6/iss2/art9/main.html this article questions these figures.KAM 16:34, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Also shouldn't it be vaule not yearly income?
 * http://www.isse.ucar.edu/rates/processes.htmlKAM 18:11, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

This page shows results from this study. http://rainforests.mongabay.com/1003.htmKAM 11:28, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Forest and carbon
"absorb the millions of tons of greenhouse gases annually," Should this be in here?KAM 13:44, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * It all depends on whether this is net absorption or gross uptake...for gross uptake it's pretty uncontrovertial, for net uptake I'd need to see a source. I'll have to look around - Guettarda 16:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Also depends on whether you're just talking about the vegetation or the whole ecosystem, i.e., including above and below ground. The current best estimates give a small net above-ground uptake of about 1 MgC/hectare/year, which, naively multiplying by the Amazon area in the article, gives 0.7 700 million tons annually.  Both the area and the uptake are most likely overestimates, so the true value is probably more like a 0.5 500 million tons of carbon annually.  I'll dig out some proper refs though.  Bear in mind that worldwide emissions are 8000 million tons of carbon annually (CO2 emissions), so changes to this Amazon value could be significant globaly, but that "best estimate" I mention is very uncertain. (Deditos 10:15, 22 February 2006 (UTC))

Expansion
Could somebody please expand this article. This article neeed much more substance and could do with a lot of expansion. --Aurangzeb 18:52, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Also no info on work of Michael J. Heckenberger KAM 13:29, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Where is the information on different areas of the rainforest, the manner in which it formed, etc.? Somebody has filled it with a lot of environmental activist commentary, but did not provide much of anything on the rainforest itself... Perhaps activist concerns should have a single section and a link to a separate article on that specific aspect of the subject. THIS article should focus more on the characteristics of the rainforest itself and its history and mechanics. I visited the article expecting a thoroughly developed guide to a very, very large geographical feature with solid information. Unfortunately, that's not what I found. --Motorsportsmark 16:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Picture caption
Is this non-descript "river in the Amazon" named? I think we should add the name if we can.--Islomaniac 973 21:08, 19 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Click through to the image description and the original, that information doesn't seem to be available. Guettarda 21:11, 19 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Those small rivers keep appearing and disappearing so it's likely it doesn't have a name. 201.23.64.2 02:39, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

AID Nomination Comments
These are comments written by those who voted for this article in the Article Improvement Drive. I've copied them here because there is no way to go back and look at the comments except when searching the history of the AID page. These are great points and please read them before editing the article. Happy editing. (^'-')^ Covington 02:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I moved it to the todo list.--Steven 16:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmm, I think only the first comment belongs in the todo list. Most of the others are just comments on how badly this article needs improvement. RexNL 21:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Well spotted, I cleaned it up and added my own comment. --Steven 23:00, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Maps
I know its not entirely helpful just to ask others to do things but I think a map on this page would really spice it up. Some starting positions are: Andeggs 20:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_map.html
 * http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/Maps/
 * http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6859779 (for those with password access)
 * http://www.junglephotos.com/amazon/ammaps/ammaplinks/ammaplinks.shtml


 * I made and added a map, using these links in part, but mainly the ecoregions of the WWF. Normally I would describe the ecoregions used in the caption for the map, but in this case there are too many, so I thought I'd just list them here on the talk page. Each ecoregions has a name and a code, like Juruá-Purus moist forests (NT0133) http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0133_full.html -- to view the webpage for each one, just substitute the code into the URL given above. Here's the ecoregions I included in the map's yellow line (with some generalization): Juruá-Purus moist forests (NT0133), Southwest Amazon moist forests (NT0166), Purus-Madeira moist forests (NT0157), Madeira-Tapajós moist forests (NT0135), Iquitos varzea (NT0128), Gurupa varzea (NT0126), Rio Negro campinarana (NT0158), Marajó varzea (NT0138), Purus varzea (NT0156), Monte Alegre varzea (NT0141), Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests (NT0132), Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests (NT0173), Caqueta moist forests (NT0107), Napo moist forests (NT0142), Solimões-Japurá moist forests (NT0163), Tapajós-Xingu moist forests (NT0168), Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests (NT0180), Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forest (NT0170), Ucayali moist forests (NT0174). Pfly 04:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Capitaliz/sation?
Should "Amazon Rainforest" be a proper noun as the title suggests? to "Amazon rainforest"...? Thanks, David Kernow 10:18, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * My instinct is that it's an improper noun, so "Amazon rainforest" is correct. This is how The Guardian newspaper in the UK has it, and they have pretty strict and consistent style rules. Deditos 10:03, 16 June 2006 (UTC).
 * Okay, I've listed the page for a to "Amazon rainforest". Thanks for your input, David 12:37, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 15:44, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! David 10:29, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

More fundamentally, there is no such word in the English language as "rainforest"; the correct usage is "Amazon rain forest." Right now, Amazon rain forest redirects to this page; it should be the other way around. Lincmad 00:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Many major dictionaries say either spelling is acceptable, rain forest or rainforest. Some don't. The OED says either rain forest or rain-forest. But: "rainforest" is okay according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, and the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2006. Pfly 07:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * My copy of the Shorter Oxford (5th edition) lists "rainforest", but it does so under "rain" rather than as an independent word.- gadfium 08:01, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Environmentalist Bias
While deforestation, etc is a large part of what is going on in the Amazon today, there are many other things this article must include. As in other geographic articles, there are specifics that must be dealt with (ie-names of places in Amazon, local populations, etc).User:vitruvian0 01:28, 04 July 2006 (UTC)

There is a common statement that this forest is the "lungs of the planet". Should a section be included debating the accuracy of this commonly believed statement?--217.204.163.50 10:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

These "sources" are obscenely biased:


 * 1) ^ Kirby, K. R., Laurance, W. F., Albernaz, A. K., Schroth, G., Fearnside, P. M., Bergen, S., Venticinque, E. M., & De Costa, C. (2006). The future of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Futures of Bioregions, 38, 432-453. Retrieved November 26, 2006, from Science Direct database.
 * 2) ^ Watkins and Griffiths, J. (2000). Forest Destruction and Sustainable Agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon: a Literature Review (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Reading, 2000). Dissertation Abstracts International, 15-17
 * 3) ^ Watkins and Griffiths, J. (2000). Forest Destruction and Sustainable Agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon: a Literature Review (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Reading, 2000). Dissertation Abstracts International, 15-17.
 * 4) ^ Williams, M. (2006). Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
 * 5) ^ Fernside, P. M. (2005). Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: History, Rates, and Consequences. Conservation Biology, 19, 680-688.
 * 6) ^ Fernside, P. M. (2005). Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: History, Rates, and Consequences. Conservation Biology, 19, 680-688.
 * 7) ^ Kirby, K. R., Laurance, W. F., Albernaz, A. K., Schroth, G., Fearnside, P. M., Bergen, S., Venticinque, E. M., & De Costa, C. (2006). The future of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Futures of Bioregions, 38, 432-453. Retrieved November 26, 2006, from Science Direct database.
 * 8) ^ Kirby, K. R., Laurance, W. F., Albernaz, A. K., Schroth, G., Fearnside, P. M., Bergen, S., Venticinque, E. M., & De Costa, C. (2006). The future of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Futures of Bioregions, 38, 432-453. Retrieved November 26, 2006, from Science Direct database.
 * 9) ^ Williams, M. (2006). Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
 * 10) ^ Kirby, K. R., Laurance, W. F., Albernaz, A. K., Schroth, G., Fearnside, P. M., Bergen, S., Venticinque, E. M., & De Costa, C. (2006). The future of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Futures of Bioregions, 38, 432-453. Retrieved November 26, 2006, from Science Direct database.
 * 11) ^ Williams, M. (2006). Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.

They're all speculative works, borderline propoganda. If I wrote a paper titled "Why Ecoterrorists are Scaring your Children", could I include it too?

If you have a non-biased scientific fact that was verified by 2 sources without the slightest hint of a political motive, then it should be included. These sources belong in the op-ed section of your local newspaper. Ymous 20:46, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Independent 7/23 Article
The text referring to the article in The Independent (online) sounds like it attributes the facts to the newspaper. See also http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1191932.ece where it is clear that the respected Woods Hole Research Center has concluded that the forest cannot survive much more drought. Can we discuss changes to the wording like "The Independent has reported that scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center are concluding xyz." ? --Ryvr 03:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I changed the text a bit to reflect the Woods Hole Research Center etc. ---Majestic- 04:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I've editted further to make clearer distinction between research by Woods Hole and other institutions (e.g., INPA in Brazil). Also, I've noted that only parts of the Amazon basin/forest experienced drought in 2005 — it's best we don't get into the habit of treating the Amazon basin as a homogeneous region in this article.  I'll try to dig out some refs on which parts in particular.  --Deditos 12:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Amazon rainforest ultra poor, wrong, biased
I feel sorry for this article. The number of species of vascular plants, for example, is a wild unreferenced guess typical of passionate activists. A number of vascular plant species from 40,000 to 65,000 with around 6,000 of trees is what can be found in the literature. The article is so poorly done that it does not deserve editing. Better to start from scratch.

comment
what about the people


 * What about the natives to the forest? Naruto Arena 18:08, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Moved from article
This may be useful, but it isn't appropriate in this form in the article. Guettarda 05:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Amazononian Internationalization
During a debate in a U.S University, a young fellow interrogated the Minister's thoughts surrounding the possible internationalization of the Amazon, declaring the Amazon region as part of the Global Commons. The student introduced the internationalization question conditioning his response as a humanist and not as a Brazilian. Here I summarize Mr. Cristovam Buarque's answer, because of its importance:

"In fact, as a Brazilian I would simply speak against the internationalization of the Amazon. Despite the fact that our governments do not take appropriated care to this patrimony, it is ours. As humanist, knowing about the risk of environmental degradation that the Amazon suffers, I can imagine his internationalization, as much as the internationalization of whatever is important to humanity. If the Amazon, from the view of human ethics, must be internationalized, we must also internationalize the world oil reserves. Oil is as important as the Amazon for the welfare of humanity. However, the owners of the oil reserves feel that they have the right to increase or decrease oil prospect and prices. On the same matter, the financial capital of rich countries must be internationalized. If the Amazon is a reserve for all humanity, it cannot be burned by the free will of its owner, or the needs of one country. Burning the Amazonia is as vicious as the provoked unemployment by the arbitrary decisions of global speculators. We cannot allow the financial system to burn out entire countries because of its speculation... During this encounter, the United Nations is having the Millennium Forum, but many presidents had difficulties in assisting due to restrictions in the U.S border. Because of that, I think the New York, as the central location of the United Nations must be internationalized. At least Manhattan should belong to humanity. Also Paris, Venice, Rome, London, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Recife... Every city of the world, with its specific beauty, and history, should belong to humanity. If the U. S wants to internationalize the Amazon, due to risks of leaving it in the hands of Brazilians, we have to internationalize the U.S nuclear arsenal, because it has been provoking destruction a million times more than the regretful burnings done in the Amazon forest. In actual debates, U.S presidential candidates are defending the idea of internationalization of the world forest reserves using debt-for-nature. We should start using that debt to guarantee that every child in the world has the possibility to eat and go to school. Let's internationalize the children, by treating them as a world patrimony that needs care, without importing were they were born. This is more important than the attention to Amazon. When the leaders treat poor children of the world as patrimony of humanity, they won't allow the children to work when they should be studying, to die when they should be living. As a humanist, I accept to defend the internationalization of the world. But until the world treats me as a Brazilian, I will struggle for the Amazon to be ours...ONLY OURS! "

Brazil Education Minister, Cristovam Buarque, January 09, 2004.

Amazon is OURS! I'm so sure about it! Amzon is the Brazil's richest thing! .....OURSSSSSSS! Internationalization??? R u kidding????? Amazon belongs to Brazil!!!!!! That's it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.8.225.232 (talk) 07:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Amazon proper / Countries
The opening paragraph states that the Amazon Rainforest covers 8 countries, then adds on French Guiana as a 9th. At the bottom of the page, a website is cited (http://www.amazon-rainforest.org/) which clearly states in the opening paragraph that 9 countries are covered, the same ones metioned in the wiki article. This should be changed, or do we pride ourselves in being unable to count? --Will James 03:09, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No, the opening paragraph says the Amazon Rainforest covers eight nations, plus French Guiana. French Guiana is not a nation, and as we pride ourselves on being able to distinguish between nations and entities that are not nations, it would be wrong to say the Amazon Rainforest covers nine nations. Schi 03:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Errm, isnt french guyana part of france? wouldnt that make 'France' Number nine? I think it would. Plus none of them are 'nations' they are UN-recognised countries or states. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.238.195 (talk) 17:15, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

A related question is, what is the Amazon rainforest? The Guiana's are not part of the Amazon basin. And as the Amazon rainforest is sometimes defined to be synonymous with the Amazon basin, these countries are not part of the Amazon rainforest. However, the rainforest itself seamlessly continues from the Amazon basin into the Guianas and the rainforest in the Guianas is often also called the Amazon rainforest.

Amazon insects
There is a merge proposal: that Amazon insects be merged into this article. No arguments have been put forward for this merge. Unless arguments are provided, I will remove the tags in a week.- gadfium 08:02, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've removed the tags.- gadfium 02:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Timber rights trading - NYT
No mention of that in the article... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/world/americas/14amazon.html?hp&ex=1168750800&en=c16fba62f8642a7e&ei=5094&partner=homepage —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gkklein (talk • contribs) 21:40, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

History/Paleohistory of the Amazon Rainforest
I think such a section - or at least a short description with references. I was looking for this - and unfortunatly didn't find it. I'd love to help but have no information myself (which is why i was looking :-) --Kim D. Petersen 22:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Strange, I would have sworn there was a section on this already, but evidently not. You're right that this would be a good addition to the page.  I have some info on this which I'll add when I get a moment. Deditos 11:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

Actual Historical Information regarding the Amazon Condition

 * Herndon and Gibbon Lieutenants United States Navy The First North American Explorers of the Amazon Valley, by Historian Normand E. Klare. Actual Reports from the explorers are compared with present Amazon Basin conditions.

Request: Removal of frog photo
I would strongly recommend someone removing or replacing the photo of the Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) in this article. While the text under it is fine and could be used for another species of frog, it has no relevance for the depicted species, which does not occur in the Amazon. I would therefore suggest someone remove the photo completely or replace it with the photo of a species that is native to the Amazon (e.g. Phyllomedusa bicolor). I would have done it myself, but for some reason this article can't be edited (probably due to me not being logged in and it being a 2006 Wikipedia CD Selection article).212.10.82.204 09:18, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks.- gadfium 20:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Will the Amazon drought worsen during 2007?
Scientist expect that the drought in the Amazon will continue this year, and if that started in 2005, 2007 would be the third consecutive year of drought in the Amazon. And scientists say that Amazon rainforest couldn´t survive a third consecutive year of drought. Is the Amazon rainforest really going to dead this year??? EVERYONE MUST BE ALARMED!! IT COULD ACELERATE THE CLIMATE CHANGE JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIE "THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW".

Mistake?
Is there a mistake here?

History of Deforestation in the Amazon

Prior to the early 1960’s, access to the Amazon was incredibly restricted and aside from partial clearing along rivers the forest remained basically intact. The key point in deforestation of the Amazon was when the colonists established farms within the forest during the 1600s.

Is it supposed to be the 1600s or is it supposed to be the 1960s?

124.197.13.205 04:18, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

There is a viewpoint missing here
There seems to be a missing viewpoint, which due to the volumes written on the parent topic probably deserves some mention here. There is a school of thought in some academic circles (minority to be sure, but important nonetheless) that the Amazon Rainforest is largely a cultural artifact. I know it sounds crazy but the parent topic I speak of is the Pre-Columbian Native American population. A piece in The Atlantic gave a good summary about five years ago or so, surely there is something more recent though. Thoughts? (if this is already included and I overlooked it I apologize in advance).IvoShandor (talk) 21:28, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I have seen a study which have suggested that 12% or so of the amazon rainforest has been anthropogenically altered by the pre columbian native population through selective cultivation. But the rainforest itself would certainly be there, man or no man. Not quite sure I understand what you are talking about though. Vahca (talk) 01:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Typo/poor sentence.
"Because of the destructuive nature of the intricate root system possassed by some plants." is a sentence fragment, and possassed and destructuive are misspelled. Paul5711 (talk) 21:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)I noticed that to. Some other words seem to be misspelled.Paul5711 (talk) 21:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC) 206.169.232.153 (talk) 18:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

MATH
On the greenhouse emissions section, the pie chart on the top is wrong. Add all the numbers and you will get... 99.6!!! what gives? Paul5711 (talk) 21:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC) cool picturs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.8.80.19 (talk) 21:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Rainforest Beauty
This page, while great I find has a skewed focus.

The rainforest is a beautiful place, but most of the page is dedicated to preserving it. While this is a very important goal, I find it ironic that in trying to save it we are on the brink of ignoring it.

I would like to call for more contributions to the sections describing the fantastic life that calls the amazon home.

Preserve the rainforest now, but ensure it is always celebrated.

size of portugal
There is a big mistake in the articel. its this part: Between 1991 and 2000, the total area of forest lost in the Amazon rose from 415,000 to 587,000 km², an area twice the size of Portugal, with most of the lost forest becoming pasture for cattle.[8] Howvere the actual size of portugal is about 92.000 km. this makes it more like 5 times the size of portugal. I find this a very stupid mistake, because you can chekh the size of portugal. So i think this should be adjust.

it the amazon that help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.168.3.19 (talk) 16:06, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

cattle ranching pictures
cattle ranching needs to stop in the Amazon Rainforest —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.188.221.37 (talk) 21:17, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

International Owner Contest
A polemic New York Times article fueled the idea of Amazon is an International area and insinuating that Brazil doesn't own the territory. IstoÉ magazine made an article with historic quotes from famous world leaders endorsing this theory. Lula responded the article today. Is this need a section, since is circulating in mainstream press? The repercution in Brazil is currently very high. --Ciao 90 (talk) 21:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Anybody responded, so I'm introducing a section. I much aprecciate the improvement, gramar and spelling fixes. --Ciao 90 (talk) 11:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Section done and well referenced. --Ciao 90 (talk) 12:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I've tagged it for original research because some of the quotes seem out of context, and I can't verify the reliability of the sources (one of them is a blog, I do know).-Wafulz (talk) 20:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well to verify the reliability of the sources you should understand Portuguese Non-English source, right? I replaced the blog source quoting the same interview for a brazilian newspaper and removed the tag --Ciao 90 (talk) 11:01, 24 July 2008 (UTC)


 * This "territory contest" section should not exist. There isn't such a thing. Who is contesting it? Al Gore!? So, Al Gore will take Amazon from Brazil!? Until, there is a real entity (or countries) questioning the territory, there is no contest. There is what could be called "Territory contest controversy", what is made by the press (mostly to sell). That controversy is not worth to be in this article. So, we should remove that section. --ClaudioMB (talk) 19:17, 30 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I removed "Territory controversy" section because is based on speculative reports. There is no international entity questioning the territory. That's only a media buzz. --ClaudioMB (talk) 18:17, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Environmental skew
Well I hate to raise this issue, but this article is too heavily skewed toward environmental factors. While that is an important topic, the article does little to address the geological history, climate or geography of the rainforest. For example, how old is it? How have the plants adapted to the rain forest? What about plant growth during the dry season? Why is it so species rich? Any other suggestions?&mdash;RJH (talk) 03:19, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * How Many Tribal People live in the rainforest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathaniel1996 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree, this article is 2/3 about environment and 1/3 about the forest itself. It will be great to change this. --ClaudioMB (talk) 19:19, 30 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Deforestation can become a separate article titled such as Amazon Rainforest Deforestation or Deforestation of Amazon Rainforest, while keeping a small summary in the main article. Well Deforestation in Brazil already has a lot of information on Amazon, therefore, just summarising the deforestation and providing a link should be sufficient. I agree, Biodiversity section should be expanded as well, I will try to add some info.  Docku: “what up?”  19:28, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

No source
The text below doesn't have a reliable source.--ClaudioMB (talk) 18:58, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Fires related to Amazonian deforestation have made Peru one of the top greenhouse gas producers. Brazil produces about 300 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide a year; 200 million of these come from logging and burning in the Amazon. Despite this, Brazil is listed as one of the lowest per capita (rank 124) in CO2 emissions according to the United States Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) (see List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita).

Deforestation section fork
Is there any objection to the replacement of the Deforestation section with the following summary (per Summary style)? It might be helpful to rename "Deforestation in Brazil" to "Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest". Alternatively the current content can be copied to "Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest" and then merge tags can be used.&mdash;RJH (talk) 20:52, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Deforestation
Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forested areas. The main sources of deforestation in the Amazon are human settlement and development of the land. Prior to the early 1960s, access to the forest's interior was highly restricted, and the forest remained basically intact. Farms established during the 1960s was based on crop cultivation and the slash and burn method. However, the colonists were unable to manage their fields and the crops due to the loss of soil fertility and weed invasion. The soils in the Amazon are productive for just a short period of time, so farmers are constantly moving to new areas and clearing more and more land. These farming practices led to deforestation and caused extensive environmental damage.

Between 1991 and 2000, the total area of forest lost in the Amazon rose from 415,000 to 587,000 km², with most of the lost forest becoming pasture for cattle. 70% of formerly forested land in the Amazon, and 91% of land deforested since 1970, is used for livestock pasture. In addition, Brazil is currently the second-largest global producer of soybeans after the United States. The needs of soy farmers have been used to validate many of the controversial transportation projects that are currently developing in the Amazon. The first two highways successfully opened up the rain forest and led to increased settlement and deforestation. The mean annual deforestation rate from 2000 to 2005 (22,392 km² per year) was 18% higher than in the previous five years (19,018 km² per year). At the current rate, in two decades the Amazon Rainforest will be reduced by 40%.


 * There was no objection, so I implemented this revision. Thank you.&mdash;RJH (talk) 17:53, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Capitalization
Why is the "R" in "rainforest" capitalized? Is it really a proper noun? Funnyhat (talk) 16:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * "Rainforest" is only capitalized when used after "Amazon" to describe that specific rainforest.
 * Ex1: Let's go to the Amazon Rainforest.
 * Ex2: Let's go to the rainforest. Voyaging(talk) 01:04, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Source? 2603:7081:3743:200:8F9:AEED:86D4:856 (talk) 14:38, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Tribes
How are we going about the editing of tribes and indigenous people of the Amazon. I'm pretty much green to the entire project so I looked at the list of things to do and haven't got a clue as to ho far you guys have researched and pieced together the many different sections. Any further correspondence would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!--EmperorofBlackPeopleEverywhere (talk) 19:54, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Fallacious deforestation rate
The article mentions some National Geographic data that says that in 20 years, with a deforestation rate of 22,392 km2 per year, the rainforest would be reduced by 40%.

According to the article, the forest has 5,500,000 km2, from which about 500,000 would have already been lost, giving a current forest area of 5,000,000 km2. If the deforestation would reach 40% of that, that means 2,000,000 km2. But a multiplication of the rate by the time gives just 22,392 * 20 = 447,840. This is a little less than 9% of the current forest area.

Something is obviously wrong with these numbers. I urge someone to verify this source. -- NIC1138 (talk) 22:40, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Request for edit to semiprotected page (moved from redirect/todo list to this page)
Correct the caption under the Amazon Rainforest map. The yellow line does not delineate the Amazon Forest Biome, it delineates the Amazon DRAINAGE BASIN - as delineated by WWF. The Amazon Rainforest Biome includes the 3 Guianas this image and caption and map is incorrect and misleading.

The existing map should read : 'Map of the Amazon drainage basin as delineated by the WWF. Yellow line approximately encloses the Amazon drainage basin.

(I have had a difficult time to get the correct image of the Amazon rainforest biome and text accepted into this article). The correct map as done by WWF with both boundaries of the 'rainforest biome' and the 'drainage basin' has been uploaded by myself and the author (from WWF) sent in his authorization but to no avail.)

Hopefully someone with the required access rights will now make the relevant corrections, to the existing map at least.

Many thanks Muni

(Above was posted in the redirect page here, by 14:42, 23 July 2009)   Chzz  ►  19:04, 23 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Done, hopefully that is OK now? If you need further help with getting the image updated, etc, then let me know. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  19:09, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

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Merger proposal
I would oppose merging this page into Amazon Basin. While overlapping, the two are not the same. If anything, this article is more developed and I would rather merge Amazon Basin into here. Linkfix2001 (talk) 00:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Another view on carbon balance impact
I suppose in the section "Conservation and climate change" should be mentioned that OVERALL positive impact of Amazon Rainforest on carbon balance is not proved. Some researches showed negative or zero impact due to respiration losses from necromass. Source:. This does not help me at all with my progect NOT ENOUGH details people need more things ur not even talking about the Amazon River!! Ya a couple of sentences big woop! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.183.27 (talk) 02:01, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Source needed or source needs to be more clearly indicated:
This excerpt:

"The diversity of plant species is the highest on Earth with some experts estimating that one square kilometer may contain over 75,000 types of trees and 150,000 species of higher plants. One square kilometer of Amazon rainforest can contain about 90,790 tonnes of living plants."

needs to be cited because this:

"The region is home to about 2.5 million insect species,[18] tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000 birds and mammals. To date, at least 40,000 plant species..."

information in the previous paragraph contradicts it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Burneatgodfeartv (talk • contribs) 05:58, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

These:

http://www.nature.org/rainforests/explore/facts.html http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/the_area/wildlife_amazon/plants/

may be better sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Burneatgodfeartv (talk • contribs) 06:09, 13 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Seems already to be changed. -- Tomdo08 (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Well, that hardly fit anywhere and/or warrent a section of its own.... but, I think a section on the current(or recent few years) climate condition might be nice, as opposed to just "climate change" which tells nothing about the exact stats of the current climate. it would be nice if it is detailed according to season or even month(the latter of course, is a sentence or two comparing that specific month with the general norm, or it would get long, really long) stuff like usual temperature, rainfall, wind speed/direction and even moisture level etc can be nice.

currently, the only real direct climate note is the drought in 2005, which is an exception, the rule itself is missing. 218.25.32.210 (talk) 06:31, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

About that air accident
Why is it in this place, a info page on the forest? I mean sure air collisions are fairly rare, but i won't put every derailing of train on the province/state it happens much less, of course, car accident list of each city as they got nothing to do with the place itself geographically, culturely or whatever other -lys.

i mean if the accident itself caused a significant impact on the forest itself(such as started a fire etc) I'm all for it(in which case, more info and citation would be nice) but otherwise, I see no reason to have it here.

I will leave decision to people more certain about rules and guidelines so I won't touch it, please give a response.

this is how I sign, right? 218.25.32.210 (talk) 09:14, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


 * section already deleted (by me). diff-text: "Aviation accidents" is out of place here (is only one accident, has its own article) -- Tomdo08 (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Stupid, non-encyclopedic statement in article
"It is safe to say that the Amazon Rainforest will eventually perish and devolve into a savannah five billion years in the future..." Can someone please unlocked the article or remove that idiotic statement? It's poorly worded and certainly not encyclopedic in nature. It's also factually false, as there is no way to accurately predict the earth's climate or geography even a few hundred thousand years into the future, let alone *5 billion* years. I don't think the earth is supposed to even exist in 5 billion years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.73.75.197 (talk) 20:40, 16 July 2010 (UTC)


 * It was a typo. I meant to say "five million" years in the future and I fixed it. GVnayR (talk) 03:42, 25 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I removed this issue from the page, because The Future is Wild is just a science-fiction TV program. --Conte di Cavour (talk) 20:27, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Amazon self-destruction issue
Even if the humans stopped cutting trees in the Amazon rainforest, it's going to kill itself slowly over the course of five million years and become a savannah anyway. Why can't we accept this fact, stop cutting tress in the Amazon anyway, and move on with our lives? Let's worry about things closer to home like the disappearing bee population or trying to re-educate laid-off factory workers to work on the white-collar and green-collar jobs of tomorrow? GVnayR (talk) 00:42, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

You're confusing speculation with facts, and using this to inject your political agenda where it doesn't belong. 67.50.88.54 (talk) 18:29, 16 July 2010 (UTC)


 * First of all, that "five billion years from now" thing was a typo. I meant to say "five million years from now." Second of all, it is not my political agenda - I learned this while watching The Future is Wild. Most importantly of all, The Future is Wild is a careful researched show that goes to all the major scientists and futurists for their facts. GVnayR (talk) 03:47, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Why does this information appear THREE times over the course of the article, apparently tacked on to the end of random paragraphs. It's as though someone has an agenda to push. Can someone remove the two references from the section "Conservation and Climate Change" (as it's hardly relevant to that issue) while leaving it in the section "History" (where it is perfectly appropriate)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.36.31.86 (talk) 06:56, 16 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm wondering why speculation about the distant future, involving a situation that is not reality (the absence of Homo Sapiens), is perfectly appropriate in the "History" section. Also the wording is quite odd (it will destroy itself?). I don't think this "issue" deserves a place in an encyclopaedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.120.235.111 (talk) 11:34, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

step rules —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.172.216.65 (talk) 07:10, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Etymology spelling
The Portuguese spelling for one of the possible wtymologies of the word Amazon is just as the Spanish one, "amazona", not "amassona" as stated in the article. Please fix that. Joaofelipe1395 (talk) 21:27, 26 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I had a look into your source, but I cannot find anything about this native word spelled "amazona" respectively "amassona". The modern spelling of amazona is not decisive. Also Brazilian Portuguese is different from other Portuguese. I am no expert in Portuguese spelling, so I will leave it at that. -- Tomdo08 (talk) 20:40, 26 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I did check Brazilian Portuguese. That would be "amazona" for "amazon". But still nothing about historical spelling. -- Tomdo08 (talk) 20:49, 26 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Since there should be a reference anyway, I added a {{Citation needed... -- Tomdo08 (talk) 20:54, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Change Impact of Amazon drought to Impact of 2005 Amazon drought since there was a 2010 Amazon drought.
Change Impact of Amazon drought to Impact of 2005 Amazon drought since there was a 2010 Amazon drought. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/oct/26/amazon-drought-brazil#/?picture=368055072&index=7 http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/02/04/brazil.amazon.drought/index.html?hpt=T2 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41412922/ns/today-green/ http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/second-severe-amazon-drought-this-decade-spells-disaster-for-rainforests.php?campaign=th_rss http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Amazon+drought+could+accelerate+global+warming/4222426/story.html?id=4222426 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112489035 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/03/us-brazil-amazon-idUSTRE7127DN20110203 http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100720/full/466423a.html 99.181.134.6 (talk) 04:27, 5 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Agriculture in Brazil (Agricultura no Brasil) and Water resources management in Brazil (Gestão integrada de recursos hídricos no Brasil) may be of interest. 99.181.155.195 (talk) 17:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I was asked to comment on this talk page, although I'm not sure about what. It looks as if this issue has been resolved, although in a completely different manner than suggested in this mis-formatted section.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 02:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Please give more specific than general constructive criticism and guidance. Feel free to show strong personal support and reassurance.  99.181.142.58 (talk) 03:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks as if the anon were requesting the "drought" section be retitled to refer to the 2005 drought. Instead, information on the 2010 drought was added to the section, which seems a reasonable resolution.  I still don't know why I was invited here, though.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 12:09, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * No guidance then ... would adding Category:Deforestation be better or you Arthur Rubin / Special:Contributions/Arthur_Rubin / User:Arthur_Rubin ... ? 99.35.15.137 (talk) 06:47, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't consider that an appropriate category. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 07:02, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I? Really, your self-esteem so low, you must use italics?  Life, The Human Condition is sad, no?  99.181.132.138 (talk) 19:54, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Haven't you ever heard of emphasis? — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 21:42, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

There is a section called Impact of early 21st century Amazon droughts. 99.181.155.158 (talk) 05:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC) Thank you to whomever was involved in that. \\(^o^)// 99.181.137.215 (talk) 05:39, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikilink Science (journal) in that paragraph please. 99.181.155.142 (talk) 04:23, 14 July 2011 (UTC) 04:22, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

page move
to Amazon rainforest, the Rainforest need not be capitalised as the proper noun is just Amazon.Lihaas (talk) 15:31, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree ✤ JonHarder talk 22:23, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I tried, but I cannot delete the redirect there or override it. Huw Powell (talk) 01:58, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed, I think. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 02:33, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Amazon deforestation falls to new low
Amazon deforestation falls to new low: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest rate for 22 years, the government says. According to a recent article published by the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11888875

Satellite monitoring showed about 6,450 sq km of (2,490 sq miles) of rainforest were cleared between August 2009 and July 2010, a drop of 14% compared with the previous 12 months. Brazilian officials said the reduction was due to better monitoring and police control. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlytebbet (talk • contribs) 23:19, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Are you talking about the rate of increased deforestation slowing? 99.119.128.87 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 01:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC).

Typos and grammatical corrections:
1) Under "Remote sensing", the sentence quoted below needs to begin with "Remote sensing for the conservation..." instead of "The use of remote sensing for the conservation..." because 'use' is used again later in the sentence. ("The use of remote sensing for the conservation of the Amazon is also being used by the indigenous tribes of the basin to protect their tribal lands from commercial interests.")


 * The above was by Special:Contributions/80.230.104.126, per http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Amazon_rainforest&action=history 99.181.132.138 (talk) 06:29, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Inaccuracy in lead
The intro contains a nonsensical passage that begins with, "This region includes territory belonging to nine nations." It then goes on to list as some of these nations: Brazil, Peru, Colombian Amazon, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and France. Sorry, this is nonsense. "Colombian Amazon" is not a nation, and no portion of the Amazon basin is by any stretch of the imagination in France. This must be changed to "Colombia", not "Colombian Amazon". If you mean "French Guiana" then say "French Guiana". Sticking it in parentheses next to "France" only further confuses your meaning. 12.233.146.130 (talk) 21:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

"The majority of the forest ... "
I propose removing the comma after "in" in "The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.", a sentence in the introductory section of the article at present, the 20. of January 2013.
 * Done. Thanks for pointing it out.- gadfium 02:49, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Deforestation
I briefly mentioned the Trans-Amazonian_highway. However what I think we need to include is the statement that farmers near the highway are given upto 100 ha (freely !) by the state. The east has been classified by the state as being "for agriculture" and the west is intented "for pasture/cattle". This is surely a very ecologically damaging engagement. It was mentioned in an episode of "Faut pas rêver". I don't find any sources for it though. Find some sources and mention in the article. KVDP (talk) 14:17, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Biodiversity section contains contradictory figures

 * The region is home to ... tens of thousands of plants...
 * To date, at least 40,000 plant species...have been scientifically classified in the region.
 * To date, an estimated 438,000 species of plants of economic and social interest have been registered in the region with many more remaining to be discovered or catalogued.

Maybe the section should make a distinction between identified species and estimates of unidentified species? At the very least it should make clear that estimating the number of species is a challenging task and that current estimates cover a wide range.

Tripleblade (talk) 11:12, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Conservation
Can the following be mentioned in the conservation section: In the Brazilian rainforest, the Brazilian government (with subdivisions as IBAMA) is fighting heavily against illegal logging since 2003. Despite this however, in some states, like Para the rainforest is still shrinking. In other states (like Amazonia) the rainforest is recovering slowly.

Also mention KVDP (talk) 10:42, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Bolsa Floresta
 * INCRA

Isn't it a proper noun?
As in "Amazon R ainforest". If so, the article should be renamed. My apologies. 68.173.0.226 (talk) 01:19, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Follow-up: There was a short discussion above. I respectfully disagree with the move because there's only one Amazon Rainforest, not multiple Amazon rainforests. 68.173.0.226 (talk) 01:24, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Sahara dust
To the authors, my contribution was reverted without explanation. Here are references if you wish to add to the article. https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazon-s-plants http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL063040/full http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2015/29apr_amazondust/ Jcardazzi (talk) 03:08, 30 April 2015 (UTC)jcardazzi


 * I have restored your edit., why did you delete it?- gadfium 03:45, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 February 2016
In the opening/introductory paragraphs, there are links to the countries that the Amazon spans, but some links are missing e.g. for Guyana

Bcbquot (talk) 05:48, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for the suggestion - Arjayay (talk) 09:37, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 March 2017
The map included in the side box titled "Amazon Rainforest - forest" is incorrect. The source is WWF. I worked for the WWF Amazon program and can guarantee that the watershed delineation portrayed in this map is incorrect. I am trying to enclose in this message another WWF generated Amazon map that is more appropriate. It has the Amazon watershed and the Amazon biome (forest) delineated. It is more in line with the Amazon maps from reputed peer-reviewed sources. Unfortunately I can't seem to figure out how to attach the file to this message. Can someone tell me how I could do this or clarify who controls this Amazon page. Thanks, mafs1971 Mafs1971 (talk) 15:18, 8 March 2017 (UTC)


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Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2019
The 2019 fires section should either: 1. Be removed as it is simply a hot news topic that has no real relevance to define and give understanding to the Amazon Basin, or if opinion is that it shouldn't be removed 2. Note that the fires however higher they are than last month or last year are actually around the average intensity for the dry season over the last 20 years. Sources for this will include articles by Accuweather and Forbes. Wilsonahrens (talk) 16:54, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

"there were a record number of fires" < RIP english...92.52.23.13 (talk) 23:09, 31 August 2019 (UTC)


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Flight crash under Human Activity ?
The last paragraph in the section seems unrelated to the rest of the sections which is about a pre-Columbian civilization. Should the paragraph about the flight crash be moved? Helenuh (talk) 02:06, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Increasing health in the Amazon |rainforests
Are there more trees in the Amazon (rainforest) than the count we currently have online: Are there more tree(s) density in the areas of the rainforest that are healthiest?

Should the Earth have more space for the Amazon's Trees to increase in number or numeroucity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.175.63 (talk) 20:41, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Name of the river?
What is the indigenous name of the river? Certainly wasn't Amazon according to the etymology.

Why are there no bridges on the river? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.166.47.130 (talk) 05:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Meteor creation theory
"Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests" Mapsax (talk) 00:50, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Capitalization of title
Shouldn't "Amazon rainforest" read Amazon Rainforest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viktory02 (talk • contribs) 16:24, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Is Amazon the biggest forest
Is Amazon the biggest forest 2409:4072:888:7A2C:9988:271B:32CB:AFCD (talk) 06:56, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes. See the article. Second paragraph in the lead, last sentence, Richard-of-Earth (talk) 04:25, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Nice Work
Thank you 106.208.148.191 (talk) 20:28, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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Wiki Education assignment: ENGW3303 Adv Writing for Environmental Professions 12176
Plan to add to Deforestation section about Hydropower Dams, also about President Bolsonaro's approach to deforestation.Forestferret (talk) 18:05, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Amazon
CoulD you guys make It Clear who the author is so students are able to do a bibliography easier. thanK you 121.223.142.104 (talk) 08:03, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Just credit "Wikipedia contributors" and you will be fine. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 09:16, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2022
This is too big but many informations are repeated 103.253.203.25 (talk) 04:06, 20 November 2022 (UTC)


 * ok 103.253.203.25 (talk) 04:06, 20 November 2022 (UTC)


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Human activity
Research by Levis et al. has stated that Pre-Colombian societies have had a persistent effect on Amazonian forest composition.1

However, the results from this recent research have drawn criticism from other scientists.2 Among other arguments, it is stated that this recent research ignores the naturally patchy distribution of many Amazonian plant species. In the paper, many Amazonian tree species are considered domesticated, while they are naturally abundant in specific places regardless of human intervention. Pe’le — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.130.165.236 (talk) 11:58, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

1 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6328/925 2 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6361/eaan8347/tab-pdf