Open AccessAnswers sought to big questions about the Amazon Region
Author(s) -
Keller Michael,
Victoria Reynaldo,
Nobre Carlos
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/01eo00251
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , geography , tropical forest , ecology , biology
The Amazon region contains the largest area of tropical forest on Earth, over 5×10 6 km 2 . While the bulk of the region remains forested, rapid development has led to the destruction of over 500,000 km 2 of forest in Brazil alone over the past 25 years [ Houghton et al. , 2000].