10 Important Reasons about the Importance of Amazon Rain-forest

            Importance of Amazon Rain-Forest

Amazon rain-forests are about 60% of the remaining rain-forest on the planet earth which covers about 2 million miles of the land. About 9 countries are included under the forests in Northern South America mostly Brazil, Peru and Ecuador etc. 

                     Amazon forest the Jewel of the Forests in the world 

There are following 10 important key points about the importance of Amazon Rain-forests:

1. It is reported fact that about 500 indigenous human communities have live in this forests.
2. The most richest biodiversity in the world about 10% reported and non reported species of the globe including plants, animals and insects.
3. 1/5th of all bird species are present in Amazon rain-forest.
4. 1/4th of all the terrestrial species are present in these forests.
5. Most of the epiphytes (plants that grow on other plant and absorb nutrients) homeland is Amazon.
6. The most important reason of importance of Amazon is that slow down of  global warming by fixing the carbon dioxide and producing the bulk of oxygen about 20% global volume of the world.
7. Amazon plays an important role in maintaining  water cycle by heavy rain fall.
8. Amazon are known as the motherland of the synusiae( tree with same form and stature) because these are found in huge amount as compared to any other ecosystem.
9. Most of the tree species in Amazon form mycorrhizal association that symbiotic association replenish the nutrients in soil.
10. The tourism industry in Amazon is generating about 11.6 million US dollars per year.