The Amazon – a threatened paradise

WITH an area of more than 5,5 million km², the Amazon is the largest rainforest on Earth. It covers about 40% of the South

American continent and stretches across nine countries – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana,

Suriname and French Guiana. There are

35 million people living in this rainforest, of which 9% are indigenous groups.

UNIQUE WILDLIFE

About 10% of all the known plant and animal species on is found in this region, as well as . The Amazon Rainforest is home to about 427 mammal species, 1 300 bird species, 378 reptile species and more than 400 amphibian species. The and contains the .