The majority of biodiversity on the planet Earth, approximately two thirds of all species, are found in tropical areas, which is often where developing contries are. Brazil is often said to be the country with the most important biological diversity on the planet because of the huge number and variety of species which are distributed under different ecosystems in several kinds of biomes such as Amazon Rainforest; Atlantic Forest, which included Atlantic Coast restingas; Caatinga; Cerrado; and Pantanal. Being a hotspot for fauna and flora, it houses many thousands of species, with many (if not most) of them still undiscovered. Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity or biological diversity is the diversity of life. ... Earth (IPA: , often referred to as the Earth, Terra, the World or Planet Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ...  High human development Medium human development Low human development Unavailable A developing country is a country with a relatively low standard of living, undeveloped industrial base, and moderate to low Human Development Index (HDI). ... An ecosystem, a contraction of ecological and system, refers to the collection of components and processes that comprise, and govern the behavior of, some defined subset of the biosphere. ... In ecology, a biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the regions physical natural environment, latitude, altitude, and terrain. ... River in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. ... A typical ecosystem of Mata Atlântica at Serra do Mar Mata Atlântica is the Atlantic Rain Forest formerly covering the wet coastal hills along the Atlantic coast of Brazil (mostly in the Serra do Mar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Caatinga is a type of vegetation and an ecosystem having this vegetation mainly in the northeastern part of Brazil. ... The cerrado (Portuguese: thick, dense) is a vast area of savanna-like grasslands in Brazil. ... The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland area, a flat landscape, with gently sloping and meandering rivers. ... Fauna is a collective term for animal life of any particular region or time. ... Simplified schematic of an islands flora - all its plant species, highlighted in boxes. ...

Now, Brazil's environment is under threat because of the (quick) economic and demographic rise. Extensive logging, officially and unofficialy, destroys forests the size of a small country per year, and with it a diverse series of species. Between 2002 and 2006, an area of the Amazon Rainforest the size of South Carolina was completely decimated, for the purposes of raising cattle and woodlogging. By 2020, it is estimated that at least 50% of Brazil's species will be eradicated. ur mom will be eradicated! Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [okos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules hence household management) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. ... A demographic or demographic profile is a term used in marketing and broadcasting, to describe a demographic grouping or a market segment. ... Loggers on break, c. ... Eucalyptus Forest at Swifts Creek in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32°430N to 35...

As a lot of these species have special skills, or are built in an interesting way, some of their capabilities may be copied for use in technology (see bionics). The associated money derived from such practices may still hold the key to conserve the region's species. ur mom was good in bed last night! Bionics (also known as biomimetics, biognosis, biomimicry, or bionical creativity engineering) is the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. ...

In 2005, Dorothy Stang, a 73 year old American nun, was murdered in a dispute with a local rancher. Stang wanted to preserve a swath of the rainforest, where the rancher wanted to raise cattle. Dorothy Stang (June 7, 1931–February 12, 2005) was an American nun of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur congregation and naturalized Brazilian who was murdered in Anapu, a city in the state of Pará, Amazon Rainforest, Brazil at the age of 73. ...

See also

• Geography of Brazil