Key Facts

Question 1

How much does land use change account for carbon emissions?

Answer 1

A tenth of it yearly

Question 2

What percentage of deforestation in amazon is for cattle?

Answer 2

70%

Question 3

What percentage rainfall intercepted by trees?

Answer 3

75%

Question 4

How much co2 do volcanoes generate?

Answer 4

200 million tonnes

Question 5

How much co2 do humans generate?

Answer 5

24 billion tonnes

Question 6

In 2011 how much co2 did cows emit?

Answer 6

39%

Question 7

How much land do fires burn?

Answer 7

3-4 km squared a year

Question 8

How much co2 do natural fires consume?

Answer 8

10-20%

Question 9

How much co2 does the amazon store?

Answer 9

80-120 billion tonnes

Question 10

What has a study in 2015 found?

Answer 10

That the amazon is loosing its ability to absorb co2

Question 11

What percentage of water does the amazon account for?

Answer 11

15% of global water

Question 12

What is rainfall in the amazon?

Answer 12

2,300 mm annually

Question 13

What percentage of rainfall actually reaches the sea?

Answer 13

30% because of evapotranspiration

Question 14

What rate was the amazon deforested at?

Answer 14

2000-2007 19,300 km squared a year

Question 15

What percentage of co2 is lost from defoestation in the amazon?

Answer 15

59%

Question 16

How many hectares of forest lost between 2000-2010?

Answer 16

3.6 million

Question 17

What would a 3 degree rise in temperature see for the amazon?

Answer 17

75% of the forest destroyed through drought

Question 18

How much carbon do the soils in amazon contain?

Answer 18

4-9kg