The Amazon Summit, which takes place on the 8th and 9th of August, in Belém (PA), will raise several questions about the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and discuss how it is possible to preserve it in the midst of so many transformations.
Panels with specialists intend to define policies and strategies for sustainable development.
The Amazon rainforest has a total area of 7,584,421 km², divided among nine countries. In a rough account, it would be the equivalent of more than 700 million football fields.
The Brazilian part, which represents approximately 62%, has just over 6 million square kilometers.
Peru is the country with the second largest area, 11.4%. There are also forest stretches in Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador and French Guiana.
There is a consensus among experts that at least 12% of the Amazon rainforest has already been devastated. However, there is also an understanding that deforestation has reached 20% of the total Brazilian area, which means a total of 500,000 square kilometers.
In 2022, according to figures made available by the TerraBrasilis platform, of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), more than 12,000 square kilometers were deforested, 42.61% of which in Pará alone, the state that will host the Amazon Summit. The number has been growing since 2018.
The Amazon Rainforest in numbers
- Spreads across 9 countries
- It has a total area estimated at 7,584,421 km²
- Represents 7% of the planet’s surface
- Approximately 10% of the world’s biodiversity is in the Amazon
- The Amazon River holds a total of 17% of all the water in the world
How much is the Amazon Rainforest worth?
An estimate made by the World Bank points out that the annual value of the preserved part of the Amazon Forest is US$ 317 billion, more than R$ 1.56 trillion at the current exchange rate.
The calculation was made taking into account that the forest “regulates the global climate, is home to 25% of known terrestrial biodiversity, is the source of rivers essential for agriculture and hydroelectric power in South America and provides livelihoods for many rural populations” .
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Source: CNN Brasil
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