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Follow on Google News | Adventurers Paddle the Amazon RiverTeaching students about the Amazon Rainforest and raising awareness about rainforest destruction
The current of the Amazon in full flood stage made the paddle from Iquitos, Peru to Manaus, Brazil swift. The reason for undertaking such a journey was to call attention to the biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest, the devastation of deforestation, and the important role the Amazon Rainforest plays in global climate change. Brazil has some 3636 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles. Of these, 28.9% are endemic, meaning they exist in no other country, and 6.6% are threatened (figures from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre). Since 1970, Brazil has lost approximately 700,000 sq. km of rainforest. As the team paddled, they were teaching kids about these important issues via the Internet. Photos, journal entries, podcasts, videos, polls, chat sessions, quizzes, and lesson plans were updated daily on the website: http://www.wildernessclassroom.com. Participating students were in charge of making decisions for the expedition team—like a “choose-your- The Wilderness Classroom’s expedition actually began last year on Peru’s Pacific coast, where the team bicycled 500 miles through the Andes and then paddled canoes 500 miles to Iquitos. The final stage of the journey will be completed in the fall of 2008 with a final 1,200 mile, six week paddle to the Atlantic Ocean. The Wilderness Classroom is a nonprofit organization and access to all content on the website is free. The Trans-Amazon Expedition is the organization’ # # # The Wilderness Classroom is a non-profit organization that engages students and teachers using an interactive, technology-based learning model. This program “electronically” End
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