Is the Amazon rainforest beyond saving?

1. Which organ is the Amazon Rainforest compared to?

• brain

• heart

• lungs

2. What will happen when the Amazon Rainforest reaches its ‘tipping point’?

• it will emit more carbon

• it will absorb more carbon

• it will become carbon neutral

3. What is the area of the Amazon Rainforest?

• 5.5 million square miles

• 5.5 million square acres

• 5.5 million square kilometres

4. How many tons of CO2 did the Amazon Rainforest absorb today?

• 1 billion

• 2 billion

• 5.5 billion

One of the main reasons the Amazon Rainforest is absorbing less CO2 than in the past is d_________________.

The majority of f______________ in the rainforest are caused by human activities.

Much of the logging, mining and agriculture of the rainforest is i________.

There is a fear that the rainforest will become caught in a v___________ c_________ where less rain due to fewer trees results in more fires which in turn leads to even more tree loss.

What are Professor Nobre’s calculations based on?

For how many years has Professor Gatti been measuring greenhouse gases in the Amazon?