Amazonia
UNDER PRESSURE
deforestation deforestación
fires quemas
roads vías
Guyana
Suriname
French Guiana
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Brasil
Peru
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Amazonia extends over
7.8 million km2 and
contains tremendous
socioenvironmental
diversity shared by :
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PROTECTED AREAS cover an area of 1,837,973 km2
 23.6% of Amazonia
INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES constitute an area of 2,073,097 km2
 26.6% of Amazonia
Bolivia
9 countries
Approximately 33 million people
More than 370 native peoples
(estimated total population of 1.6 million people)
Overall protected areas and indigenous territories
currently constitute 3,577,513 km2
 45.9% of Amazonia
(after excluding the overlaps involving different categories)
Recent evidence of an estimated 129 small
indigenous communities considered “ISOLATED”
by governments and researchers
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