JulieAnna M. Whiting
We Will Explore... Location Animals Tribes Past/ Present/ Future Size Forest Provision
Amazon and other Rainforests Amazon
Levels of the Rainforest Overstory Understory Forest Floor True Canopy Shrub Layer 150 ft 115 ft 65 ft 0 ft 25 ft
Animal Kingdom Insects/ Fish Mammals Birds Reptiles
Insects & Fish
Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Tribes Yanomami Caboclos Witoto Manioc Kayapo MestizosMestizos: European and indigenous ancestors
Lifestyles Agriculture Oil fields Warriors Ritual/ Spiritual Hunter/ Gathers
What’s Happening to the Forest? The Rainforest covers the earth’s land surface: Past: 14% Present: 6% Future: in less than 40 years 0% could be remaining 1500’s ~ 10,000,000 Indians Now ~ less than 200,000
What Will be Effected? 25% of Western Medicine +20% of the world oxygen +80% of the developed world's diet originated in the tropical rainforest
Size & Location of the Amazon Different animals living in the Forest Amazon Tribes & their culture What’s happening to the Forest What might happen to the Amazon People’s gain from the Rainforest Looking Back
References Forrest Images Location of Forests Electric Eel Piranha Julia Butterfly Morpho Butterfly Jaguar Ocelot Medicine Sloth Spider Monkey Howler Monkey Quetzal Tinamous Ovenbird Puff Birds Xenops Fruits
... More References Anaconda Caiman Iguanas Poison Arrow Frog Amazon Map Mestizos Tribal Boy Father-son Grasshopper Tribal Village Warriors Hunters Soybeans Children Rainforest Facts Levels Animal Kingdom
Is the Rainforest really dieing? YesNo 57
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