Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon basin is drained by the Amazon River, the largest river by discharge volume in the world, and the rainforest itself plays a critical role in regulating global climate by absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide.

The region is home to an extraordinary diversity of plant and animal life, much of which remains undocumented by science, as well as hundreds of Indigenous communities, some living in voluntary isolation.

Deforestation driven by agriculture, logging, and mining has significantly reduced the rainforest's size in recent decades, making its conservation a major focus of global environmental policy.