Amazon Deforestation

My good friend from Brazil brought this issue to my attention last night.

Please educate yourself on Amazon Deforestation,
and take a stand where you can:

> Rainforest Facts
> Deforestation in the Amazon
> The Deforestation of the Amazon
> BBC ARTICLE: Brazil Amazon Deforestation Soars

>VIDEOS:
Amazon Rainforest in 1 Minute
Amazon Deforestation
Amazon Rainforest Deforestation
The Amazon - New Tactic Against Deforestation
Amazon Destruction Threatens Enawene Nawe Tribe
Progress Can Kill
Why Should We Save the Amazon Rainforest?
Why Preserve the Amazon Rainforest?
Amazon Rainforest Disappearing Faster than We Thought

Why care that the Amazon Rainforest is being systematically destroyed?

> "The Amazon Rainforest has been described as the "Lungs of our Planet" because it provides the essential environmental world service of continuously recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen. More than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest."
-http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm