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  2. List of countries by forest area - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area.

  3. Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon represents over half of the total area of remaining rainforests on Earth, [4] and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees in about 16,000 species. [5]

  4. Amazon biome - Wikipedia

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    Most of the interior of the Amazon basin is covered by rainforest. [6] The dense tropical Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. [2] It covers between 5,500,000 and 6,200,000 square kilometres (2,100,000 and 2,400,000 sq mi) of the 6,700,000 to 6,900,000 square kilometres (2,600,000 to 2,700,000 sq mi) Amazon biome.

  5. The 10 Most Beautiful Forests Around the World to Add to Your ...

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    The largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest covers much of northwestern Brazil and stretches into other South American countries. The 2,300,000-square-mile wonderland of biodiversity is ...

  6. Amazon basin - Wikipedia

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    There are an estimated 100 uncontacted tribal groups. The largest organization fighting for the indigenous peoples in this area is COICA. It is a supra organization encompassing all indigenous rights organizations working in the Amazon basin area, and covers the people living in several countries.

  7. Amazon nations seek common voice on climate change, urge ...

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    Leaders from South American nations that are home to the Amazon challenged the developed world on Tuesday to do more to help stop massive destruction of the world’s largest rainforest, a task ...

  8. The country lost 4300 sq km (1700 sq miles) of Amazon, a 46 percent decline, and the largest slowdown in deforestation since 2016, ... The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest, and two ...

  9. Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Tropical rainforests have been called the "jewels of the Earth" and the "world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there. [2] Rainforests as well as endemic rainforest species are rapidly disappearing due to deforestation, the resulting habitat loss and pollution of the atmosphere. [3]