Communities in the Amazon Rainforest
Present-day estimates suggest that there may have been around
five million people living in the Amazon Basin in the sixteenth century AD, but
by the early 1980s this number had dwindled (diminish gradually in size, amount
or strength) to fewer than 200 000.
The Yanomami and the Kayapo are examples of
people living in the Amazon rainforest.
The Yanomami have only had outside contact for
the last 60 years.
Both groups have had ingenious ways to farm
without the rainforest without damaging the Rainforest. The picture on the left shows some communities in the Amazon Rainforest.
five million people living in the Amazon Basin in the sixteenth century AD, but
by the early 1980s this number had dwindled (diminish gradually in size, amount
or strength) to fewer than 200 000.
The Yanomami and the Kayapo are examples of
people living in the Amazon rainforest.
The Yanomami have only had outside contact for
the last 60 years.
Both groups have had ingenious ways to farm
without the rainforest without damaging the Rainforest. The picture on the left shows some communities in the Amazon Rainforest.