With these words Charles Darwin described the beauty and majesty of the tropical rainforest during one of the Brazilian legs of his Voyage aboard the Beagle.
The Amazon rainforest is the largest resource and the most bio actively diverse natural phenomenon on our planet. With ten million living species, it contains the largest number of plants and animals in the world. Yet, due to wild deforestation, one hundred and thirty seven species are lost everyday. At this pace, 80% to 90% of the tropical rainforest’s ecosystems will be destroyed by 2010. This destruction is the main reason for today’s species’ extinction rate, unmatched in sixty-five million years.
In the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, the MiniDarwins want to contribute to stop the species’ extinction rate by devoting their third expedition to Biodiversity and its importance for the future of the planet and to the Amazon Rainforest, our Earth’s vital force.
During the trip, we will publish on this blog a diary of the expedition and some of the photos, videos, interviews and texts we are producing for later publication on our website, book, reportage and documentary film.
