The Amazon

Notably, the Amazon biome includes wet deciduous tropical forests that comprise the majority of South America's Amazon rainforest. This basin covers 7,000,000 km2 (2,700,000 sq mi), with the forest covering 5,500,000 km2 (2,100,000 sq mi). There are nine nations represented inside this area and 3,344 fully recognized native communities (Ibrahim). The Amazon Rainforest is one of the largest forests in the world hosted by various countries, including Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. The Amazon jungle encompasses 40% of South America. It comprises approximately 40,000 species of plants, 3,000 freshwater species of fish, more than 370 species of reptiles (Ibrahim). The Amazon is the world's wealthiest yet most spectacular natural river. By catching water, controlling our temperature, and absorption of greenhouse gases, it is critical to the health of our world.

Unfortunately, habitat devastation forest degradation is wreaking havoc on organisms' diversity. The Amazon is home to further than 30 million inhabitants from 350 different ethnic groups, organized into nine distinct sovereign political systems as well as 3,344 federally recognized native territories. Native peoples account for 9% of the community, approximately 60 of them being mostly segregated. The Forest has increasingly been known as a storehouse of ecosystem services and infrastructure, not just native peoples and towns, but also the world at large. In terms of volume and biodiversity, it is the only rainforest that is left around the world. However, as forests are cut down and global climate change intensifies, Amazon destruction proceeds to wreak havoc on the delicate biological systems which have evolved throughout millions of years. Surprisingly, as rainforests decline, scientific research in the last two centuries has shown the vital links that connect forest health to an entire globe.

According to the anthropocentric perspective, humanity should be put at just the heart of the cosmos as its paramount interest. This asserts that almost everything in reality and the environment are intended solely for the human species. Unfortunately, this hypothesis does not always correspond to reality. Humans tend to judge things incorrectly in terms of their use for survival. This implies that unless people examine the cosmos objectively, they can see that everything does have its unique worth. People are not the center of the world; they are a portion of it, and so they will not realize from a human viewpoint that there is still a bigger context to consider. The belief that humans are superior to other species has an impact on how they associate with the other plants and animals, causing them to behave in accordance that serves their own goals and prioritize themselves above all else (Bennett). Via an anthropocentric perspective, people perceive their interactions and behaviors with many other species as well as ecosystems in a variety of ways, at least to the surrounding ecosystem. Humans utilize ethical judgments, which are affected through their dominance above other organisms to reap the benefits of their more considerable intrinsic worth. Furthermore, According to Paul Taylor’s “The Ethics of Respect for Nature”, every living thing lives in its way, aiming for its purpose of survival, growth, development, and reproduction. So that all living things have intrinsic value and are equal centers of a purposeful life in that they pursue their good in their unique ways for self-preservation. Taylor's biocentrism broke away from humanism and reminded us of the unique value of all living things. According to him, there is a real difference in the way we treat the natural environment depending on whether we accept a human-centered or life-centered ethical system. Living things in the natural world are inherently valuable in themselves because they are just members of the Earth.

The key source on which people need to engage further to protect the ecosystem is preservation. Freshwater, land, rivers, animals, mining, and other environmental assets, are among the resources that may be developed and used for environmental protection. Both social and economic factors have a harmful and beneficial influence on the earth. To meet our demands, we have forced nature creatures out of their native environment due to people's selfish conduct. Forests, vegetation, including grassland, possess inherent worth because they give benefits to people and non-humans, but they also possess intrinsic worth precisely because they appear and are alive. Those who come into contact and that have a fundamental moral obligation to promote or abstain from causing harm along with its worth. The Amazon Rainforest has inherent worth because it is a functioning organism, which means that it is valued for its own sake instead of providing services.