There is a lot of gold in the sand of the Amazon Rainforest.
There is fresh water, good plants, minerals, and great food. Some minerals are gold,nickel,copper,tin and timber. The most minerals are in Peru. Some foods that are grow their are rice, tomatoes, potatoes, bananas, black peppers, pineapples, corn, chocolate and coffee. People want farmland, property, and wood so they are cutting down all the timber in the Amazon Rainforest.