{"id":570043,"date":"2025-08-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wownature.eu\/?p=570043"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:52:26","slug":"why-is-the-amazon-rainforest-so-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wownature.eu\/en\/why-is-the-amazon-rainforest-so-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the Amazon rainforest so important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"570043\" class=\"elementor elementor-570043 elementor-569979\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64e02183 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64e02183\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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really?<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-772c38c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"772c38c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMaybe you can live without coffee. Maybe you can even live without a car. And you can probably live without the latest smartphone model.\r\nBut one thing is certain: you cannot live without the Amazon rainforest!\r\nBut why is it so important? In our YouTube video, created in collaboration with Riccardo Rizzetto, known on social media as From Roots to Leaves, we take you on a journey to discover one of the most extraordinary and fragile ecosystems on our planet: the Amazon rainforest. A key location for biodiversity, climate regulation and life on Earth.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-409ad6fe\" data-id=\"409ad6fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52eb4f18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52eb4f18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33a740b1\" data-id=\"33a740b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e93231d\" data-id=\"6e93231d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5fa715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b5fa715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/y7CKqoQc4Ss&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ec3726e\" data-id=\"3ec3726e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-796c37a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"796c37a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c77cf70\" data-id=\"1c77cf70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-726b7be1\" data-id=\"726b7be1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-447c764f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"447c764f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>The largest and most vibrant forest on the planet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Amazon rainforest covers over 6.5 million square kilometres. It is so vast that it could contain the whole of Europe and still have space left over almost as large as Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Crossed by the majestic Amazon River, this immense green expanse carries 20% of the planet&#8217;s fresh water and is home to over 500 indigenous peoples who live in symbiosis with nature, preserving ancient traditions.<\/p>\n<p>But the Amazon is not just trees and rivers, it is a gigantic climate engine that keeps the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere in balance. Without it, our climate would change forever.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c39244a\" data-id=\"6c39244a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fabdd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fabdd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a91e691\" data-id=\"a91e691\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c96fd5\" data-id=\"5c96fd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13d56a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a13d56a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Green lung? Yes, but not as you think<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We often hear that the Amazon is the \u201clung of the planet\u201d. This is partly true, but the oxygen produced by plants is also used by organisms, bacteria and fungi, so the balance is almost zero.<\/p>\n<p>The real value of the Amazon rainforest lies elsewhere: it is a gigantic green bank, storing between 550 and 730 billion tonnes of CO\u2082. That is equivalent to almost twenty years of global emissions. Without this forest, the effects of the climate crisis would be even more devastating.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-107b35d\" data-id=\"107b35d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46bc333 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46bc333\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ee6758\" data-id=\"4ee6758\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea6487c\" data-id=\"ea6487c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04ad8b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04ad8b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>A treasure trove of biodiversity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Amazon is home to over 10% of all known species on Earth: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, plants and many species yet to be discovered. A single hectare of forest contains more species of trees than the whole of Europe. It is an unparalleled ecological heritage that we risk losing forever.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82cc9cd\" data-id=\"82cc9cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3feb261 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3feb261\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-557a28b\" data-id=\"557a28b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e421de\" data-id=\"9e421de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3926cfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3926cfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Increasingly serious threats<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In 2024, the Amazon recorded over 30,000 fires, twice as many as in previous years. This is due to the climate crisis, extreme drought and, above all, human intervention. Unfortunately, 99% of fires are caused by human activity.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 50 years, we have already lost around 17% of this forest. If this figure reaches 20-25%, the Amazon could collapse and turn into a savannah, with irreversible effects on the global climate and biodiversity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7223b2e\" data-id=\"7223b2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ad1297 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ad1297\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f64dbe\" data-id=\"3f64dbe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a89f59\" data-id=\"7a89f59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714f806 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"714f806\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Why is the Amazon rainforest so important? Find out in our video<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In our video, we explain why protecting the Amazon means protecting all of us. We will tell you about its history, its ecological role and the threats that endanger it, but also what we can do, in our own small way, to help protect it. 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