More than 1,200 new species of plants and animals have been discovered in the Amazon rainforest over the past decade according to a new report. Amazon Alive! Does a decade of discoveries 1999-2009?, published in the last days by the worldwide Fund for nature (WWF), which shows the extraordinary diversity found in largest rainforest in the world that spans eight countries in South America. 637 new plant species were found during the period, as well as nearly 500 new fish and amphibians, including 24 new poison dart frogs. A snake anaconda by four meters long, native of Bolivia was the first of its kind in be identified since 1936, this was one of the 55 new reptile species discovered, also found a dolphin of Bolivian River, one of the 39 new species of mammals. A bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala) bright colors was one of the highlights of the 16 new species of birds found in the region. This report really intends to exposing the richness of the Amazon rainforest and to what extent the Amazon is the most important place on Earth for its biodiversity, which has ten percent of the known species in the world, sadly some of them affected by the massive extinction of species and violated by the hard hand of man. The list of new discoveries is fairly wide, is more than the combined total of new species found in Borneo, the basin of the Congo and the Eastern Himalayas during the same time period, the report says. Almost one fifth of the Amazon rainforest has been reduced in the last 50 years, he is also mentioned in the report.
This is mainly due to the increase in world demand for soy, beef and, more recently, the production of biofuels. At a most basic level, this is a place that perhaps stores more than 100 million tons of carbon and absorbs a large amount of the carbon cycle that travels in the air. So it is very important for the future of the global climate. Governments around the world are gathered in the Summit of the biodiversity of the United Nations in Nagoya, Japan, aiming to set new targets for halting the loss of ecosystems, especially in is region of the planet. This UN Summit sends an SOS for help to rescue and protect global biodiversity. The talks are an important opportunity to promote global action to save nature, the report says. Here is expected to have to 193 countries designing a plan for the next ten years that really make a difference. Governments around the world are gathered at the Summit of the biological diversity of the United Nations in Nagoya, Japan, aiming to set new targets for halting the loss of ecosystems.