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Why Is Amazonia Unique? 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Key Words: Flora and Fauna Diversity Medicinal

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Amazon Fact-file 5,000,000,000,000,000 You’d be able to drink that if you lived till you were: 5555555555556 years old! That means:

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Rare animals 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Describe the Amazon Leaf Frog (2 sentences).

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Diversity of plants ,[object Object],[object Object],animals tons fauna Amazon Hectare flora mountain living

Uses of Amazon plants ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Medicinal: Currently, 121 prescription drugs currently sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources. And while 25% of Western drugs are derived from rainforest ingredients, less than 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists.

Medicinal plant 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],How is the ‘Lipstick tree’ useful for medicinal purposes? (2 sentences) “ The ‘Lipstick tree’ is useful because...”

Uses of Amazon plants ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Food At least 80% of the developed world's plant based diet originated in tropical rainforests. At least 3000 fruits are found in the rainforests; of these only 200 are now in use in the Western World.

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