Brazil - The Lungs of The Earth

Brazil- The Lungs of The
Earth
Saswati Banerjee
8 Ambar
MKS 707
Table Of Contents
 Introduction
 Flora and Fauna of Brazil
 Why Brazil is called “The Lungs of Our Earth”?
 Factors Responsible for its Deterioration
 What Will Happen If It’s Destroyed?
 Ways to preserve “The Lungs of The Earth”
 Bibliography
All About Brazil
 Brazil is the largest country in both South America & Latin America. and with over
214 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh
most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo.
 Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491
kilometers (4,655 mi). It borders all other countries and territories in South America
except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47.3% of the continent's land area. Its Amazon
Basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological
systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats.
 This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries,
and is the subject of significant global interest, as environmental
degradation through processes like deforestation has direct impacts on global issues
like climate change and biodiversity loss.
Flora & Fauna
 About one-fourth of the world's known plant species are found in Brazil. The
Amazon Basin, the world's largest tropical rain forest, includes tall Brazil nut
trees, brazilwood, myriad palms, kapok-bearing ceiba trees enlaced with vines
and creepers, rosewood, orchids, water lilies, and the wild rubber tree.
 The Amazon rain forest is host to a great variety of tropical fauna, including
hundreds of types of macaws, toucans, parrots, and other brightly colored birds;
brilliant butterflies; many species of small monkeys; anacondas, boas, and other
large tropical snakes; crocodiles and alligators; and such distinctive animals as
the Brazilian "tiger" (onca), armadillo, sloth, and tapir. The rivers in that region
abound with turtles and exotic tropical fish, and the infamous "cannibal fish"
(piranha) is common; in all, more than 2,000 fish species have been identified.
Why is Brazil Called “The Lungs of The
Earth”?
 Tropical evergreen forests of Brazil are known as “The Lungs of The Earth”,
because these biomes are the ones responsible for taking in carbon dioxide.
 Plants and trees, mostly located in tropical rainforests, have foliage
throughout the year and help in the process of oxygen formation. They help in
carrying out one of the most important processes to keep life on the Earth.
 Photosynthesis which is an important bio chemical procedure that takes
carbon dioxide, sunlight and water to produce oxygen and glucose.
Causes of Brazil’s Deterioration
 Physical Deterioration: Depreciation is caused mainly from wear and tear

when the asset is in use and from erosion, rust, rot and decay when it is
exposed to wind, rain, sun and other elements of nature.
 Economic Factors: These arise due to obsolescence and inadequacy.
Obsolescence means the process of becoming obsolete and out of date. New
model and new technology may make the asset obsolete even though it is in
good physical condition.
 Inadequacy refers to the stoppage of asset’s usage because of growth and
changes in the size of the firm.
 Time Factors: Some assets lose their value simply with the passage of time.
Intangible fixed assets such as lease, patents, copyrights, etc., lose their
working capacity over a period of time, if such assets are not used at all.
What If… Brazil Gets Destroyed!?
 Amazon 4.0: Dramatic fires and deforestation in the Amazon made global headlines in 2019. Despite the
best efforts of the Brazilian authorities to conceal the problem, the Science Ministry's own
satellite data showed that deforestation rates were at the highest levels in two decades. While falling out of
the international news cycle, the destruction continues. If deforestation persists at current
rates, irreversible die-off could convert the world’s largest tropical forests into its largest savannah. This
would release up to 140 billion tons of stored carbon into the atmosphere, effectively scuppering efforts to
meet the Paris Agreement targets.
 Reducing Inequalities: Although Brazil made important advances in reducing poverty since the 2000s,
inequality remained stubbornly high. And in recent years, per capita income plunged and the gap between
the rich and poor started rising, wiping out many social gains of the previous three decades. Today, the
average monthly income of the wealthiest one per cent is more than 33 times the income of the poorest
50%.
 Restoring Leadership: After years of corruption and stagnation, Brazil is suffering from sharp societal
divisions and simmering tensions. In 2013, well before the street protests that flared up in Bolivia, Chile,
Colombia and Ecuador, Brazil experienced the largest demonstrations since the restoration of democracy in
1985. The impeachment of President Dilma in 2016, the unprecedented unpopularity of the Temer
administration and the election of far-right Jair Bolsonaro in 2018 revealed the extent of dissatisfaction with
the status quo.
PRESERVE OUR LUNGS!!
 World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has launched this remarkable print advertisement
in Brazil with a view to depict miserable conditions of wildlife and forest and
to urge people to take action in this direction. The campaign tries to remind a
person how human actions caused misery to the environment and to the
extent that it is now pushed on the verge of destruction.
 At the same time, it describes that the destruction of the environment would
mean destruction of the very source of life. The advertisement has
extraordinarily shown the depressing and gloomy expression of environment
using the surroundings of forest.
Bibliography
 Brazil – Wikipedia
 Flora and fauna - Brazil (nationsencyclopedia.com)
 Why is tropical evergreen forests of Brazil called the lungs of the Earth -
Brainly.in
 Brazil’s right-wing ecosystem has collapsed and Bolsonaro
is to be blamed for it (tfiglobalnews.com)

3 challenges for the future of Brazil - and the world | World Economic Forum
(weforum.org
)
 WWF Brazil: Preserve your world, preserve yourself - Business Guide by Dr
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