The Amazon by the Numbers
AQ maps the Pan-Amazon region and tracks key indicators on the Brazilian Amazon and Belém, host of the November COP30 summit.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on COP30 As the globe's single largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon is a crucial carbon store and contains 20% of the world's liquid freshwater. Covering a wide swath of South America, the Pan-Amazon region includes all or part of eight countries and one overseas department of France: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana. According to research initiative Amazônia 2030, the area is an estimated 8.3 million km² and is home to 46.9 million people. Below, AQ features an...
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