Why is the Amazon rainforest declining in size?

Geography

Where is the Amazon rainforest located in Brazil?

What is the climate like in the Amazon rainforest?

The Amazon rainforest helps the water cycle to make sure there is enough rain

The Amazon rainforest is getting bigger every year

The Amazon rainforest is home to 1 in 10 animal species on the planet

The trees in the Amazon rainforest store carbon and release oxygen to keep our air clean

Because land is being cleared for farming

Because not enough people visit the rainforest each year

Why are trees being cut down in the Amazon rainforest?

Save water and always recycle paper to reduce waste

What can we do to help to protect the Amazon rainforest?

1. Where is the Amazon rainforest located in Brazil?

2. What is the climate like in the Amazon rainforest?

People from a certain place, who have stayed where they have always lived

3. What do we mean by an 'indigenous community'?

By hunting and growing crops on their land

4. Where do tribes like the Awá get their food?

People cutting down trees on their land illegally

5. Which of these is a threat to communities like the Awá tribe?