Welcome to the www.savetheamazontoday.com web site. This web site was started in an effort to fill the educational void with regard to the importance of the Amazon Rainforest and the role it serves in our planet's ecosystem. In addition, we wanted to make sure that everyone understands the current crisis that we face due to the continued loss of rainforest as a result of the continued deforestation.

Most importantly we want everyone to know that there is a solution and that they can actually participate in the saving of the rainforest.

Explore the rest of the site where you will discover the "Importance" of the Amazon Rainforest, "The Problems" it faces, and the "Solution" that we have found to save it.

It is a solution in where everyone is a valuable participant!

Most people have heard of Global Warming and understand that the Earth's weather systems will be dramatically impacted by the continued warming of the planet. There has already been significant melting of the polar ice packs. In 2007 the rate of melting increased dramatically. Since the ice packs reflect a large amount of the sun's rays back into space (thus cooling it), the continued decreasing of their size directly relates to the current increase of the average temprature of the planet.

Many, however, are unaware of the full scope of the ecological crisis that our planet is facing and the role that the rainforests play. What is not largely publizied is that the continued deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest has resulted in over 200 million tons of CO2 being released into the atmosphere per year. This classifies the Amazon as a major contributor to the global warming situation.

Worse still, is the fact that the Amazon rainforest also produces 20% of our planet's oxygen; so not only is the Global warming increasing as a result of deforestation; the amount of oxygen being generated is also decreasing.

At the current rate of deforestation, by 2028 we will lose 40% of the Amazon rainforest from what we had in 1970. Which means we will also lose 8% of our planet's oxygen generation capability.

This is devistating!!!   How can we stop this?

Checkout our Solutions page and discover how you can help,
not only to stop it, but reverse this distructive trend!

Please don't let this happen!