Atlantic Forest Brazil endangered animal species

Brazil's Atlantic Forest holds most of the country's endangered animal species

171 of 202 species

The Atlantic Forest has lost nearly 93% of its area, yet it contains 171 of Brazil's 202 endangered animal species. Most of the country's endangered animal species are found in this severely depleted biome.

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The world's urban area more than doubled in 23 years

33 → 71 million hectares

From 1992 to 2015, land covered by towns and cities grew from 33 million to 71 million hectares worldwide. The expansion used up 24 million hectares of some of the world's most fertile farmland.

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No known society relied mainly on barter

Historians and anthropologists have not found a society where barter was the main everyday system of exchange. Societies without ordinary money have generally relied more on gifts, debts, and social obligations.

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