The problem

Unfortunately, the Amazon Rainforest is also the most threatened environment. In the 1980’s, when satellite images first revealed the rate of destruction, deforestation became a focus of worldwide concern. Conservationists called for action. More recently, the growing evidence for global warming and link with deforestation has again put the Amazon on the international agenda. Despite all the concern and effort to deter clearance for pasture and agricultural activities, the Rainforest continues to lose more forest annually than anywhere else in the world. Deforestation and degradation of tropical forests account for roughly 10 percent of global greenhouse emissions from human activities For most people in the cities where policies and laws are determined, the Amazon is nothing but a distant place, but for us is a day by day reality. Meanwhile, the forest is disappearing and we can see this all around us, when the poor people from the local community come to cut trees indiscriminately to make charcoal to survive. Our attempt to save the forest is concentrated on creating protected areas and incentives to halt unsustainable use, taking into account the beliefs and attitudes of the local people and creating programs to educate them about the Rainforest. Most of the locals are poor local farmers who need income, but lack fundamental knowledge of how to use the forest.