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WHY IS THE

AMAZON
FOREST IMPORTANT?
The world’s largest rainforest affects the global
climate, and its diversity of plants and animals is
without equal.


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The Amazon rainforest is a vast tract of
largely untamed jungle that is Earth’s

Why has there been so many
wildfires in the Amazon recently?

most biodiverse region, filled with plants
and trees and teeming with animals of all

Fires break out every year in the Amazon

types and sizes — including many

rainforest, often accidentally during the

unknown to science.

dry months of September and October.

But satellite photographs show that many

It is also the world's largest rainforest,

fires in the Brazilian portion of the

spanning more than 2 million square miles

rainforest were set deliberately to clear

in northern South America, mainly in Brazil

land.

but also in parts of Peru, Colombia and
six other nations. It’s called a rainforest
because of its rainy conditions.

What are the risks of
deforestation?

But though it has existed for 50 million

Scientists who study the Amazon worry

years, the Amazon rainforest is now under

that deforestation could bring the

threat from human activities, including


rainforest to an ecological “tipping

devastating fires set to clear acreage for

point” at which the entire ecosystem

ranching and agriculture as well as the

collapses. That could cripple regional

mining of oil and gas, copper, iron and

economies and cause the loss of many

gold.

indigenous species.

The rainforest contributes about $8.2

The rainforest brings rainfall across South

billion a year to Brazil's economy from

America, and much of the continent

products including rubber and timber.In

would become hotter and drier if large


recent months, the Amazon region has

portions of it were to be destroyed. The

been hit by thousands of fires that

shift to a more arid climate would

collectively have cleared more than 7,400

devastate the vast agricultural areas

square miles of rainforest in Brazil.

farther south; parts of South America

Scientists say the recent spate of fires

would become effectively unlivable.

reverses a long trend toward fewer fires
and less deforestation.

"The decline of the Amazon rainforest could also affect the global climate,
although scientists are unsure exactly how. At the least, rainfall patterns
across North America, Europe and Africa would change. "


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Despite some media reports to the contrary,

Given the vast numbers of plants and

scientists say the loss of the Amazon

animals that live there, the Amazon

rainforest wouldn’t dangerously limit sources

rainforest is of incalculable biological and

of breathable oxygen. The oxygen created

ecological value. It’s home to about 390

by vegetation in the rainforest is largely

billion trees and more than 16,000 plant

consumed by the animals living there. Most

species and millions of animal species.

of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere was
created over millions of years

This is the richest place on our planet, from


by microscopic ocean plants called

the billions of years of evolution of life

phytoplankton.

before humans were around. It’s one of the
great libraries of nature on Earth.

What is the Amazon rainforest's
ecological significance?

Among the animals that live in the rainforest
are some of the world’s rarest and most

The Amazon rainforest stores a huge
amount of carbon in its vegetation and soil.
If the burning of vegetation released all that
carbon into the atmosphere, efforts to limit
climate change by cutting down on carbon
dioxide emissions from motor vehicles and
industrial processes would become pointless

colorful birds; hundreds of monkey species;
giant cats like jaguars and black panthers.
It’s also home to crocodiles, lizards, giant
snakes like the anaconda and rare pink river
dolphins.All of these species and thousands
more could be lost if the Amazon rainforest
were to collapse.



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VOCABULARY
HIGHLIGHT
1. A vast tract of sth: phần lớn diện tích của…

15. The risk of sth (n): nguy cơ, mối nguy hại

Eg: a vast tract of the forest has been burnt down

Eg: Consuming fast food increases the risk of

2. Untamed (adj): hoang dã, chưa bị thuần hoá

obesity

(đồng nghĩa với remain intact - chưa bị con người

16. Ecological (adj): thuộc về hệ sinh thái

khai phá)

17. Ecosystem (n) : hệ sinh thái

Eg: - Son Doong cave has remained intact for

18. Collapse (v) (n): suy sụp, sụp đổ


millions of years.

Eg: Lots of people lost their job when the property

- An untamed cave has been discovered recently

market collapsed

3. Biodiverse (adj): đa dạng sinh học

19. Indigenous (adj): bản địa, địa phương (local)

Eg: An aging country confronts many problems 

20. Unlivable (adj): không thể sinh sống được =

4. Teem with sth (v): to contain large numbers of

inhabitable

something, esp. animals or humans:

21. Vegetation (n): thảm thực vật

Eg: The forest teems with millions of living species

22. Cut down (v): cắt giảm, giảm bớt = reduce

5. To be unknown to science: khoa học chưa biết


Eg: People are trying to cut down the use of plastic

đến 

23. Carbon dioxide emission (n): khí thải carbon

6. Span (v): trải rộng (trên diện tích bao nhiêu mét

24. Motor vehicle (n): phương tiện di chuyển gắn

vuông hoặc héc-ta)

máy

7. to be under threat from sth: bị gây nguy hại bởi

25. Industrial process (n): quá trình sản xuất công

Eg: Wildlife is under threat from human activities

nghiệp

8. Devastating (adj): nguy hiểm, mang tính thảm

Eg: Carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles

hoạ

and industrial processes contribute to the


9. Mining (n): khai thác quặng, mỏ

acceleration of climate change

10. Deforestation (n): nạn phá rừng

26. Pointless (adj): vô nghĩa, vô giá trị

11. Break out (v): bùng phát 

Eg: It's pointless to eat fast food when you're

12. Accidentally (adv): một cách ngẫu nhiên, tình

trying to lose weight

cờ, ko có chủ đích

27. To be home to: là nhà của 

13. Satellite (n): vệ tinh 

Eg: Hanoi is home to millions of people

14. Deliberately (adv): một cách có chủ đích 

28. Evolution (n): sự tiến hóa