The world's largest rainforest, the Amazon has the world's highest diversity of birds & freshwater fish., it spans the borders of eight countries, & one third of the world's animal species call it their home. However despite its beauty & necessity to this planet's environmental security, logging persists at an almost unchecked rate. The Amazon has lost an area the size of Greece over the last five years alone. Yet another of earth's longstanding pillars made fragile by the hand of man. This only makes environmentally friendly tourism to the region even more imperative. People need to understand that the quick buck from deforestation doesn't compare to the long term viability of sustainable tourism. One of the more popular ways of touring in the Amazon is to take boats down the Amazon River, & even luxury cruise liners make the trip up the river to Manaus.
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