Chapter
Protecting the Amazon for its Biodiversity and Ecological Services
26:34 - 1:00:27 (33:53)
The Amazon rainforest is worth preserving for its biodiversity as well as the ecological benefits it provides humans, including drinking water purification, waste decomposition, and disease control. Strategies to protect the Amazon include promoting sustainable economic practices like ecotourism and seeking contributions from wealthy nations to preserve this global common good.
Clips
The Oncilla is a small, five-pound wild cat that inhabits only a handful of countries in Central and South America.
26:34 - 28:24 (01:50)
Summary
The Oncilla is a small, five-pound wild cat that inhabits only a handful of countries in Central and South America. Despite its smaller size, the Oncilla, along with other wild cats such as the Ocelot and the Margay, is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.
ChapterProtecting the Amazon for its Biodiversity and Ecological Services
EpisodeThe Awe-Inspiring, Absolutely Crucial Amazon
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The speakers talk about monkeys, their various species, and one of the nightmarish looking bald species of monkeys known as Yuakari.
28:24 - 29:14 (00:49)
Summary
The speakers talk about monkeys, their various species, and one of the nightmarish looking bald species of monkeys known as Yuakari. They also discuss making jokes and how some jokes could be terrible if written down, and decide to stop making jokes about Ocelots and Ocelittles.
ChapterProtecting the Amazon for its Biodiversity and Ecological Services
EpisodeThe Awe-Inspiring, Absolutely Crucial Amazon
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest is worth preserving for the ecological services it provides, such as drinking water purification and disease control.
29:14 - 1:00:27 (31:13)
Summary
The biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest is worth preserving for the ecological services it provides, such as drinking water purification and disease control. The Amazon has been burning for decades due to agricultural purposes, and if it continues, it could turn from a carbon sink to a carbon emitter, which would be devastating for the world.