falling off trees in the amazon

Falling off trees in the Amazon

Forest dieback refers to the phenomena of a stand of trees losing health and dying without an obvious culprit. This condition is also known as forest decline, forest damage, canopy level dieback, and stand level dieback.This usually affects individual species of trees, but can also affect multiple species. Trees and woody plants are killed by a complex group of factors that include parasites, such as fungus and beetles, pollution, such as acid rain and organic compounds, and drought. Diseases and pests can kill large groups of trees very easily, but the premature and progressive loss of clusters of trees without an obvious or specific cause is known as forest dieback. Dieback is an episodic event.

Dieback takes on many locations and shapes. It can be along the perimeter, at specific elevations, or dispersed throughout the forest ecosystem.

Falling off trees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TsT9q-BScs

The problem

Macaws are long-tailed, often colourful New World parrots. Of the many different Psittacidae genera, six are classified as macaws: Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Primolius, Orthopsittaca, and Diopsittaca. Previously, the members of the genus Primolius were placed in Propyrrhura, but the former is correct in accordance with ICZN rules. Macaws are native to Central, South America, and formerly the Caribbean. Most species are associated with forests, especially rainforests, but others prefer woodland or savannah-like habitats.

Extinction of animals in the Amazon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFk6GG8w-Ak

The Endangered Species

Macaws

Jaguars

Sloths

Pink river dolphins

Golden lion tamarins