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00:00 If they are not the only ones to stand out, tropical forests are nevertheless
00:04 the majority of the largest forest surfaces on our planet.
00:08 And the Amazon rainforest is still today the largest forest in the world,
00:12 with a total area of 5.5 million square kilometers and is at least 55 million years old.
00:19 The Amazon rainforest would be made up of more than 400 billion trees,
00:23 which would host, just for them, more than 10% of the species of animals of terrestrial biodiversity.
00:28 Often called "the lungs of the planet", the Amazon rainforest has suffered
00:32 from human exploitation and climate change for years.
00:35 Each year, its surface is reduced under the effect of wild deforestation
00:39 from 8,000 to 9,000 square kilometers,
00:42 i.e. the surface of more than a million football fields.
00:45 (upbeat music)